Social Work Will Do That To A Person.

I find, looking back on my life with increasing discomfort, that too often I have been impressed by people who were seeking to impress, rather than people who were impressive. I have been dismissive of people who were awkward rather than stupid. The more I think about it, surrounded by a swirling mass of people who are all, no doubt, visionaries or villains of incredible complexity, the more uncomfortable I become.

– Jon Carroll, in his column for the San Francisco Chronicle, Wednesday, August 31, 2005.

(Via QoTD)