A lack of desire to spend money becomes a symptom of disease that requires expensive medication. Which medication then destroys the libido, in other words destroys the appetite for the one pleasure in life that's free, which means the person has to spend even more money on compensatory pleasures. The very definition of mental 'health' is the ability to participate in the consumer economy. When you buy into therapy, you're buying into buying.


The Corrections (2001)

Jonathan Franzen Quotes

A lack of desire to spend money becomes a symptom of disease that requires expensive medication. Which medication then destroys the libido, in other...

A lack of desire to spend money becomes a symptom of disease that requires expensive medication. Which medication then destroys the libido, in other...

A lack of desire to spend money becomes a symptom of disease that requires expensive medication. Which medication then destroys the libido, in other...

A lack of desire to spend money becomes a symptom of disease that requires expensive medication. Which medication then destroys the libido, in other...