George-Santayana-on-BenchTo Victor Wolfgang von Hagen
Via Santo Stefano Rotondo, 6
Rome. April 7, 1945

I have never seen so many people as have come to visit me in this nursing home; I have become the oldest inhabitant of the village, that all strangers are taken to look at.

From The Letters of George Santayana:  Book Seven, 1941-1947.  Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2006.
Location of manuscript: Unknown