Well, I went back by rented Cadillac and company jet Like a newly orphaned refugee, retracing my steps All the way to Cassadaga to commune with the dead They said, 'You'd better look alive.'
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The narrator returns to a place of loss with wealth but feels like an outsider.
- In plain terms
- Money cant buy comfort when you return to grief.
- What can you take from it?
- Wealth doesn't erase emotional pain.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Where do you feel out of place?
- What do you miss most?
Another view
Sometimes returning helps closure despite discomfort.
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