Quote by Tom Holt

Mostly I sit at home in the evenings watching the box and hoping that one day I'll evolve into plankton.

Mostly I sit at home in the evenings watching the box and ho

Summary

This quote highlights the speaker's sense of stagnation and lack of ambition. They spend their evenings passively watching television, expressing a desire to transform into something as insignificant as plankton. It suggests a feeling of resignation and perhaps a belief that their current state of existence is mundane and unfulfilling. The use of biological imagery hints at a desire for simplicity and detachment from the pressures and complexities of the human world.

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By Tom Holt

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