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Books are menaced by books. Any excess of information produces silence.
Umberto Eco
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Umberto Eco
Age: 84 †
Born: 1932
Born: January 5
Died: 2016
Died: February 19
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I think of myself as a serious professor who, during the weekend, writes novels.
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The more elusive and ambiguous a symbol is, the more it gains significance and power.
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An idea you have might not be original. But by creating a novel out of that idea you can make it original.
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Poetry is not a matter of feelings, it is a matter of language. It is language which creates feelings.
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You cannot believe what you are saying. Well, no. Hardly ever. But the philosopher is like the poet. The latter composes ideal letters for an ideal nymph, only to plumb with his words the depths of passion. The philosopher tests the coldness of his gaze, to see how far he can undermine the fortress of bigotry.
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When the poet is in love, he is incapable of writing poetry on love. He has to write when he remembers that he was in love.
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