He didn't mean anything, someone told him.
If you really want to have meaning as a person, then attach yourself to a certain person and become his puppet. Perhaps in that kind of life, in the process of imitating a person and learning his value, you may be lucky enough to get the remnants of that person's personality.
This is a poor narration of the story of Violet's peers in a certain world.
Intention: What you pursue desperately must have the value of risking everything for it.