It reminds me of that Chinese curse, "May you live in interesting times." By the way, I looked that up and it's only rumored to be a Chinese curse. It's up for debate where that phrase actually comes from. It seems, like all things these days, origin stories are really difficult to verify. 

Remember that movie from the 90’s, The Sixth Sense? 

Bruce Willis played a child psychologist—Dr. Malcom Crowe—who takes on a new client. A boy named Cole, who comes to see him because he sees “dead people.” 

((SPOILER ALERT… I’m about to ruin the ending, so proceed with caution! ))