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The author should die once he has finished writing. So as not to trouble the path of the text.
Umberto Eco
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Umberto Eco
Age: 84 †
Born: 1932
Born: January 5
Died: 2016
Died: February 19
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When men stop believing in God, it isn't that they then believe in nothing: they believe in everything.
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