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When men stop believing in God, it isn't that they then believe in nothing: they believe in everything.
Umberto Eco
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Umberto Eco
Age: 84 †
Born: 1932
Born: January 5
Died: 2016
Died: February 19
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We are formed by little scraps of wisdom.
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Rem tene, verba sequentur: grasp the subject, and the words will follow. This, I believe, is the opposite of what happens with poetry, which is more a case of verba tene, res sequenter: grasp the words, and the subject will follow.
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It was awkward, revisiting a world you have never seen before: like coming home, after a long journey, to someone else’s house.
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In other words, although I don't like them, we do need noble-spirited souls.
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