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What does it mean?
The speaker feels a private adventure within a crowd, noting others carry hidden adventures too.
In plain terms
Each person in a crowd has their own hidden adventure.
What can you take from it?
Everyone carries secret inner lives in public.

Where it applies

  • public spaces
  • social interaction
  • introspection

Putting it to work

  • notice others' hidden lives
  • reflect on self

Questions to consider

  • What private adventure are you living?
  • Do you guess others stories?

Another view

It assumes everyone has meaningful inner adventures.

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