Listen: The waitress brought me another drink. She wanted to light my hurricane lamp again. I wouldn't let her. 'Can you see anything in the dark, with your sunglasses on?' she asked me. 'The big show is inside my head,' I said
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker prefers internal thoughts over external reality, ignoring the waitress's light.
- In plain terms
- I care more about my inner world than the outside world.
- What can you take from it?
- Internal imagination can be more important than reality.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Is internal reality more real than external?
- How do we deal with isolation?
Another view
It values internal fantasy over human connection.
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