Marjorie Hillis Quote

It is a curious fact that personal possessions take on fictitious values and exceptional charms when the owner, no matter how generous, is faced with giving them away or even selling them (which usually amounts to the same thing).


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It is a curious fact that personal possessions take on fictitious values and exceptional charms when the owner, no matter how generous, is faced with ...

It is a curious fact that personal possessions take on fictitious values and exceptional charms when the owner, no matter how generous, is faced with ...

It is a curious fact that personal possessions take on fictitious values and exceptional charms when the owner, no matter how generous, is faced with ...

It is a curious fact that personal possessions take on fictitious values and exceptional charms when the owner, no matter how generous, is faced with ...