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Kōbō Abe

“In seeing there is love, in being seen there is abhorrence. One grins, trying to bear the pain of being seen. But not just anyone can be someone who only looks. If the one who is looked at looks back, then the person who was looking becomes the one who is looked at.”

Kōbō Abe, The Box Man
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The Box Man The Box Man by Kōbō Abe
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