Absence is to love as wind to fire; it extinguishes the little flame, it fans the big.
Umberto Eco
- Life
- 1932-2016
- Occupations
- philosopher, novelist, essayist
- Notable works
- The Name of the Rose, Misreadings, Foucault's Pendulum
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For every feared thing there is an opposing hope that encourages us.
Umberto Eco
I believe that what we become depends on what our fathers teach us at odd moments, when they aren't trying to teach us. We are formed by little scraps of wisdom.
Umberto Eco