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Pairs Quotes

For some people, one pair was never going to be enough.

Every quote here treats pairs as a running tally, from twenty sneakers bought in one trip to a closet holding hundreds of pairs of shoes and jeans. It's a specific, oddly satisfying kind of excess.

I actually have a closet that's all shoes, maybe 700 pairs.

Quotes by Russell Westbrook

I'm an extremist. If I go to a sneaker store, I buy 20 pairs of sneakers, not one.

Quotes by Jesse Itzler

I have 137 pairs of shoes and 200 pairs of jeans.

Quotes by Frances Bean Cobain

I own at least 300 pairs of sneakers.

Quotes by Austin Mahone

Balance Quotes

I have as many pairs of sneakers as I have shoes.

Quotes by Alysia Reiner

Frequently Asked Questions

What are most of these pairs quotes actually about?
They're almost entirely about collecting shoes, with numbers ranging from twenty sneakers bought in one trip to a closet holding hundreds of pairs.
Is there a quote about jeans as well as shoes?
Yes, one mentions owning 137 pairs of shoes alongside 200 pairs of jeans, extending the collecting habit beyond footwear.
Does any quote call this habit extreme?
One does, self-identifying as an extremist who buys twenty pairs of sneakers at once rather than settling for a single pair.
What's the largest number of pairs mentioned?
One quote claims at least 300 pairs of sneakers, which is the highest figure among these entries.
What page fits well alongside this collecting theme?
The identity quotes work well here, since a big collection often says something about how a person sees themselves.

The habit of collecting says as much about identity as it does about footwear. The balance quotes offer a counterpoint if all that accumulation feels excessive.