Keepsake Quotes

And I always keep cards people send me. I have a whole wall covered with them.

When I was a kid, I would always write down lists of my favorite things and keep them in my wallet, just in case someone ever needed to know what my 10 favorite foods were, or my 10 favorite actors.

A memory is a beautiful thing, it's almost a desire that you miss.

My most cherished possessions are my grandma's letters and my vintage Martha Washington cookbook.

At a very early age I started a cartoon scrapbook, actually when I was in high school. And it became, in turn, a scrapbook of my life. And there are about 2,000 volumes.

When somebody wants me to sign an old picture, it's like looking at another person.

I wear jewellery that I never take off. I have a ring and two necklaces. I always have them on and get scared when I have to take them off for photo shoots. The ring is my mum's mum's mum's, and she gave it to me for my 18th birthday. The necklace is the same one that my sister has. She's called Hannah, and the name is the chain.

I want to leave a souvenir of my life.

I wanted to keep these trunks as a souvenir." "Now look at them." "They were splattered with blood.

I am a complete sentimentalist when it comes to clothes. I have so many memories attached to them that I can't throw anything out.

A family's photograph album is generally about the extended family and, often, is all that remains of it.

Please send me your last pair of shoes, worn out with dancing as you mentioned in your letter, so that I might have something to press against my heart.

I'll never forget that little apple box I stood on because I couldn't reach the microphone. My name was written on it and it's sitting at Diana Ross's house now. She has all my little doodling papers I would draw and write.

Now this really is something to put on the mantelpiece.

It's my mother's engagement ring so I thought it was quite nice because obviously she's not going to be around to share any of the fun and excitement of it all - this was my way of keeping her close to it all.

Before you go, would you sign that case of balls for me?

A photograph it a souvenir of a memory. It is not a moment. It is the looking at the photograph that becomes the moment. Your own moment.

Saving a letter from an old friend doesn't exist anymore. Everything is texted or emailed.

If someone gives you a belt buckle, it's like a piece of jewelry. It has the same sort of emotional significance. It would be something you would intend to keep forever.

I collect handkerchiefs. I know that's sort of old-timey, but my mom started the collection for me, and now I have a bunch. Basically, I have a myriad of beautiful handkerchiefs, and I carry them like a grandmother in my purse. And I opt for hankies in any situation.

If I get some Bruce Lee nun-chucks that he actually used in a movie, those are going in the case. Those will never be used. Those will never be touched.

I hope we left you with something to put under your pillows.

I never leave anywhere without my watch because it's a very special gift given to me by one of my managers.

From Blue Valentine I kept my wedding ring. I actually kept it on for a while. After the shooting had stopped, I was still wearing it – I couldn’t quite take it off – and now I keep it above the kitchen sink where I do dishes, as a little memento.