Thrift Store Quotes

“I have since become a lifetime garage, rummage, and thrift store shopper, saving money and repurposing stuff. A rummage sale was my first reality check with distorted economics.”
― Donna Maltz, Living Like The Future Matters: The Evolution of a Soil to Soul Entrepreneur

“All day you have been on my mind
A seagull perched on an old wharf
piling by the steely grip of its claws
shrieking when any other comes too near
waiting for fish or what the tide brings
shaking out its long white wings like laundry.

All day you have been on my mind
a thrift store glamour hat that doesn't fit
with a perky veil scratching my cheek
with a feather hanging down like a broken tail.”
― Marge Piercy, The Moon Is Always Female: Poems

“What my parents didn’t transform they sold “as is”: those two little words that carry so many scars, and heart.

The phrase itself felt like me, like our life. It felt like enough.”
― Robin Brown, Glitter Saints: The Cosmic Art of Forgiveness, a Memoir

“Coming to my senses, I walked into the thrift shop and walked over to the counter, and shoved the donation into the hand of the pretty volunteer.
“Would you like a receipt for your tax-deductible donation? “ she said sweetly.
“No,” I was brusque and rude.
I stomped away, trying to hide my tears. Now my life was reduced to fucking the help. I was in HALT. Hungry, angry, lonely, and tired.
Where was that stupid boy?”
― Yvonna Russell, The City Opera Thrift Shop Murder