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.

— Elias Canetti Das Geheimherz der Uhr [The Secret Heart of the Clock (1987)

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