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Umberto Eco Quotes

There are more people than you think who want to have a challenging experience, in which they are obliged to reflect about the past.

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They will come back, come back again,As long as the red earth rolls.He never wasted a leaf or a tree.Do you think he would squander souls? Rudyard Kipling
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We use concepts like "consciousness"---"mind"---"personality," but we don't really know yet what these things are.' He was shaking his head. 'Not really. Not at all. William Peter Blatty