"I noticed in the front row a small, very pale, almost white man, old, tremendously alert, old in the only way I love old age, namely more alive for all the years, more attentive, more unrelenting, expectant and ready, as though he still had to make up his mind about most things and must not disregard anything."
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Elias Canetti, describing Ludwig Hohl, The Secret Heart of the Clock, J. Agee, trans. (1989), p. 76
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Ludwig Hohl
Ludwig Hohl (9 April 1904 – 3 November 1980) was a Swiss author noted for his radical thoughts about life and literature.
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