The real hero is always a hero by mistake; he dreams of being an honest coward like everybody else.
Umberto Eco...we can only add to the world, where we believe it ends, more parts similar to those we already know (an expanse made again and always of water and land, stars and skies).
Umberto EcoFollowers of the occult believe in only what they already know, and in those things that confirm what they have already learned.
Umberto Eco[In my writing] I know that I have made a caricature out of [others' academic] theories [but] I think that caricatures are frequently good portraits.
Umberto Eco