Painterly compass beside a narrow glowing doorway in a dark freestanding wall.

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Travis Bickle

The days go on and on... they don't end. All my life needed was a sense of someplace to go. I don't believe that one should devote his life to morbid self-attention, I believe that one should become a person like other people.

— Taxi Driver ‧ 1976

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What it means

Our interpretation.

Travis says his days blur together endlessly and all he needed was somewhere to go. He rejects brooding on himself and wants to become an ordinary person like everyone else. It's a lonely wish for direction and belonging.

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