You cannot escape one infinite, I told myself, by fleeing to another. You cannot escape the revelation of the identical by taking refuge in the illusion of the multiple.
Umberto EcoI would define the poetic effect as the capacity that a text displays for continuing to generate different readings, without ever being completely consumed.
Umberto EcoBooks 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 Eco