Quote #88657

I love new clothes. If everyone could just wear new clothes everyday, I reckon depression wouldn’t exist anymore.

Sophie Kinsella

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Sophie KinsellaAuthorBorn December 12, 19698 quotes on Quotery

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The line humorously exaggerates the mood-lifting power of novelty and self-presentation. By linking “new clothes” to the eradication of depression, it plays on the familiar idea of “retail therapy,” suggesting that fresh purchases can provide a quick, tangible sense of renewal, control, and optimism. At the same time, the hyperbole hints at the shallowness and impermanence of such fixes: clothing can change how one feels for a day, but it cannot address deeper causes of suffering. In a Kinsella-like register, the joke also critiques consumer culture—how easily emotional well-being is imagined as something that can be bought, worn, and replaced.

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