'I've stopped all that promiscuous lifestyle. I've stopped having sex and started growing tulips.'
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Mercury humorously contrasts stopping a wild lifestyle with starting to grow tulips.
- In plain terms
- He quit his wild ways and now grows flowers.
- What can you take from it?
- Change can be marked by simple shifts in daily habits.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What signals a real change in life?
- Is humor a way to share serious changes?
Another view
The statement may be ironic rather than literal.
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