When men stop believing in God, it isn't that they then believe in nothing: they believe in everything.
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Today I realize that many recent exercises in 'deconstructive reading' read as if inspired by my parody. This is parody's mission it must never be afraid of going too far. If its aim is true, it simply heralds what others will later produce, unblushing, with impassive and assertive gravity.Umberto Eco
There is no great sport in having bullets flying about one in every direction, but I find they have less horror when among them than when in anticipation.
Umberto Eco
Fear prophets and those prepared to die for the truth, for as a rule they make many others die with them, often before them, at times instead of them.
Umberto Eco
I would define the poetic effect as the capacity that a text displays for continuing to generate different readings, without ever being completely consumed.
Umberto Eco
A dream is a scripture, and many scriptures are nothing but dreams.
Umberto Eco
The truth is a young maiden as modest as she is beautiful, and therefore she is always seen cloaked.'
Umberto Eco
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