"Such a gift of perception and observation is of the greatest advantage, but on the other hand also of the greatest disadvantage, and it is rarely welcome, almost invariably unwelcome. Such a person who perceives everything and who sees everything and who observes everything, moreover continually, is not popular, more often feared, and people have always guarded themselves against such a person, because such a person is a dangerous person and dangerous persons are not only feared but hated, and in that respect I have to describe myself as a hated person. Personally, of course, I regard my perceptivity and gift for observation as an exceedingly useful advantage, one which has often proved life-saving."
~~ from Yes by Thomas Bernhard
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