"I have this necklace I always wear. I collect pendants from people I love; my best friends and members of my family have all given me one, and I put them on this chain so no matter where I am they're always with me"
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The clever emotional move is how she frames collecting as receiving. “I collect pendants” could sound acquisitive, even curated for image, but she immediately shifts the agency to others: the pendants are gifts. The necklace becomes a map of relationships, not a style choice. That matters because celebrity narratives often flatten people into brands; Bell’s detail insists on a private infrastructure beneath the public face, a set of people who knew her before the spotlight and (ideally) won’t be impressed by it now.
There’s subtext in the “always wear” part, too: this is less about sentimentality than ritual. It’s a grounding habit, a small daily act that says, I’m still tethered. The line “so no matter where I am they’re always with me” lands because it acknowledges what modern mobility costs. It’s not an abstract longing; it’s an elegant workaround for distance, a way to make affection tactile in a culture that’s increasingly mediated and fleeting.
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APA Style (7th ed.)
Bell, Lake. (2026, January 17). I have this necklace I always wear. I collect pendants from people I love; my best friends and members of my family have all given me one, and I put them on this chain so no matter where I am they're always with me. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-have-this-necklace-i-always-wear-i-collect-72253/
Chicago Style
Bell, Lake. "I have this necklace I always wear. I collect pendants from people I love; my best friends and members of my family have all given me one, and I put them on this chain so no matter where I am they're always with me." FixQuotes. January 17, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-have-this-necklace-i-always-wear-i-collect-72253/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"I have this necklace I always wear. I collect pendants from people I love; my best friends and members of my family have all given me one, and I put them on this chain so no matter where I am they're always with me." FixQuotes, 17 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-have-this-necklace-i-always-wear-i-collect-72253/. Accessed 25 Feb. 2026.









