Michelle Woo’s Reviews > American Bulk: Essays on Excess > Status Update

“It’s true that Costco gets you more for your money, but it seems like the discount is only a secondary pleasure. It’s not the money part that inspires a cutlike devotion. It’s the more. Spend time in any Costco, and you’ll feel it too. The joy of Costco does not lie in the thrift. It lies in the bulk.”

“They chalked their fighting up to fundamental differences: she was frugal, he was ravenous… They think that they clash because they’re opposites. But the impulses that drive them are exactly the same.”