The low dive had set a standard that only middle-aged hooligans could remember and to which they looked back as Mrs Lot at Sodom.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Crisp recalls a dive bar’s past reputation, suggesting older regulars look back fondly like Lot’s wife.
- In plain terms
- Old regulars remember the dive bar as great, like looking back at Sodom.
- What can you take from it?
- Nostalgia warms past experiences.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Why do we romanticize the past?
- How does place shape memory?
Another view
The biblical reference may obscure the simple point.
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