Because they consider them to be an important part of their home or life, most art collectors have a hard time parting with pieces of their collection.
I'm also having a hard time parting with the past or what I thought until very recently was the present.
The critic Richard Gilman, who was one of its patrons, recalls that Broyard had a hard time parting with the inventory: "He had these books on the shelf, and someone would want to buy one, and he would snatch it back".
But I was having a hard time parting with the chairs.
Here I was, this so-called expert, writing about clearing out elderly parents' households, and I was having a seriously hard time parting with stuff I knew had to go.
For anyone who has a hard time parting with things use this rule: if you haven't used it in the last year, get rid of it.
The hardest parting would be saying goodbye to Bonnie and Clyde, the gators he's raised since they were hatched.
The hardest part is parting with a not-inconsiderable £7.50 each time you want something valued.
You may find to your surprise that you have a harder time parting with your baby then he or she has with you.
"The album describes a night out to Yoshiwara, starting from the entrance, getting a first drink, then finally parting hard, losing your mind and walking out complete turned inside out.
Hard to imagine anybody parting with their child, but I think she genuinely thought he would have a better life – and so would the rest of the family through my support and later, his.
