“Someone who's on top of the world isn't much of an observer: happy people are poor psychologists. But someone who's troubled about something is on the alert. The perceived threat sharpens his senses - he takes in more than he usually does.”

The Post Office Girl (published posthumously in 1982)

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Austrian writer 1881–1942

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