Quote by Umberto Eco
A book is a fragile creature, it suffers the wear of time, it fear

A book is a fragile creature, it suffers the wear of time, it fears rodents, the elements and clumsy hands. so the librarian protects the books not only against mankind but also against nature and devotes his life to this war with the forces of oblivion. – Umberto Eco

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The comic is the perception of the opposite humor is the feeling of it. – Umberto Eco

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I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth. – Umberto Eco

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Nature
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The highest purpose is to have no purpose at all. This puts one in accord with nature, in her manner of operation. – John Cage

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Deep in their roots, all flowers keep the light. – Theodore Roethke

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If the technical innovations of the Impressionists led merely to a more accurate representation of nature, it was perhaps of not much value in enlarging their powers of expression. – Edward Hopper

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Our body is a machine for living. It is organized for that, it is its nature. Let life go on in it unhindered and let it defend itself. – Leo Tolstoy

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Me and Matt love to argue, but in general our sense of humor is pretty much alike. – Trey Parker

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Organization can never be a substitute for initiative and for judgment. – Louis D. Brandeis

Man — a being in search of meaning. – Plato

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