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I had given up magic, because it had reached a state of perfection. I felt that I was able to transform men into animals. I did not make use of this capability, because I believed I could not justify an intervention of this kind in the life of another person.

Wolfgang Hildesheimer

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Wolfgang Hildesheimer
Age: 74 †
Born: 1916
Born: December 9
Died: 1991
Died: August 21
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