Sentimentalist Gifts

'I'm going to really miss you next year, Harold.'

". . . and those are my deepest, most intimate feelings about our friendship."

Forbidden love.

Attic of hopes and dreams...

"Four o'clock, dear. 'Sesame Street.'"

Have I told you lately that I love you

"I guess there's not much to say...except 'bye.'"

"I'm sorry, Dad. What I did was really stupid, selfish and wrong."

'You don't want this cheap old watch...'

A prisoner pulls out his heart.

'I met him on a Monday and my heart stood still (would you believe?)')

'She won't go anywhere without her Teddy Bear...'

'Oh, Arthur...You sweet, blind, mad, dear, silly fool....Don't you see it could never last?'

'They always say such nice things about the departed at funerals, it's a pity they're not able to hear them.'

Angelina. 'Edwin, promise me you'll never describe me as your 'relict.'' Edwin. 'Dearest, I never will! I'd die sooner!'

Woman talking romantically whilst man talks about measuring the scullery.

The stone is semi-precious, so I got you two.

Can I ask you a question, man-to-man? Sure, little buddy. Is it manly to keep a diary? I've thought of journaling, to help me process all the unbearable horrors and losses I experience. Like when they discontinued the Sega Genesis. I bet journaling would've helped me through that difficult time of my life. "Difficult time of your life"? Instead, I sank deep into depression, refused to speak, and painted my Apple Newton black.

"There's no need to be em'bear'rassed about what you like!"

"The house doesn't seem big because the kids are gone - it seems big because we've shrunk so much."

"When I was a puppy, I barked as a puppy, I understood as a puppy, I thought as a puppy. But when I became a dog, I put away puppy things except for my shabby, old, beat-up stuffy toy. I still freaking love this thing."

'It must be good chocolate for six bucks a box.'

"And so another trip comes to an end...with family brought closer together by a shared experience."

'They're not beer stains. This is actually a 'Rorschach test' patterned shirt.'

'The kids are grown and gone now, but they always keep in touch.'

"I want a pony!"

'A loaf of bread, a jug of wine, a CD player, a laptop computer, a cordless phone and thou.'

"This next song is about my self-driving truck leaving me..."

Storage Unit of Love

"The family has spent all week crafting a beautiful service of words and pictures - far too sentimental to be of practical use."

"Don't worry - the Power of Dad still trumps the Power of Attorney."

"When I get older, I want to be just like you, Dad."

Fini. That show was schmaltzy, way too sentimental. I'll never criticize anything that can be described as "cheesy"!

Barbara Cartland

Romantic young couple on a bench next to a bilious old man.