Books are not made to be believed, but to be subjected to inquiry. When we consider a book, we mustn't ask ourselves what it says but what it means.
Umberto EcoBut it has often happened that I have found the most seductive depictions of sin in the pages of those very men of incorruptible virtue who condemned their spell and their effects.
Umberto EcoIt comes down to a question of attention: it's difficult to use the Net distractedly, unlike the television or the radio.
Umberto Eco