"...Things, commodities, objects, consumable goods are not only possessions but a kind of language. They are, like it or not, the way we communicate with each other, with ourselves, and with the world."
http://www.tnr.com/articles/books-and-arts/blog/article/books-and-arts/80908/%20http%3A/www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/2005/02/24/eastwood/www.indiana.edu?page=88&tilde%3Bahr%2Fdarnton=
