“Where was he now, the one who carried that secret laughter inside him, hidden spring in hidden clockwork, which lightened the unbearable pressure, eased the strain?”
Heinrich Böll , Billiards at Half-past Nine
“Where was he now, the one who carried that secret laughter inside him, hidden spring in hidden clockwork, which lightened the unbearable pressure, eased the strain?”
Heinrich Böll , Billiards at Half-past Nine