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I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth.

I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth.

Umberto Eco
Life, Witty, Powerful
Umberto Eco (2007). “Foucault's Pendulum”, p.104, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Is it worth it to be born if you cannot remember it later? And, technically speaking, had I ever been born? Other people, of course, said that I was. As far as I know, I was born in late April, at sixty years of age, in a hospital room.

Umberto Eco
Life, Years, People
"The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana". Book by Umberto Eco, 2004.

"Then we are living in a place abandoned by God," I said, disheartened. "Have you found any places where God would have felt at home?" William asked me, looking down from his great height.

Umberto Eco
Life, Home, Height
Umberto Eco (1995). “Name of the Rose”, p.167, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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