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In a good shoe, I wear a size six, but a seven feels so good, I buy a size eight.
— Truvy · Steel Magnolias
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An editorial interpretation.
Truvy admits she's a size six but keeps buying bigger. A seven feels so good that an eight seems even better. The joke is how a small pleasure snowballs into an absurd rule of shoe shopping.
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