Quote by Steven Wright

You know how it is when you're reading a book and falling asleep, you're reading, reading... and all of a sudden you notice your eyes are closed? I'm like that all the time.

You know how it is when you're reading a book and falling as

Summary

This quote depicts the narrator's perpetual state of daydreaming or detachment from reality. In comparing their experience to reading a book and unintentionally falling asleep, they suggest that they are constantly lost in their thoughts, often oblivious to their surroundings. They imply that this tendency is a consistent aspect of their existence, always engrossed in their own mental world.

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By Steven Wright

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