Quote by Umberto Eco
There are no stories without meaning. And I am one of those men wh

There are no stories without meaning. And I am one of those men who can find it even when others fail to see it. Afterwards the story becomes the book of the living, like a blaring trumpet that raises from the tomb those who have been dust for centuries…. – Umberto Eco

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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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Fear prophets and those prepared to die for the truth, for as a rule they make many others die with them, often before them, at times instead of them. – Umberto Eco

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Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. – Hannah Arendt

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It is not the voice that commands the story: it is the ear. – Italo Calvino

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The universe is made of stories, not atoms. – Muriel Rukeyser

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It is said that the first storyteller crept at night to listen to the gods talking in their sleep — so each tale collected contained the breath of gods. – Author unknown

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He was a wise man who originated the idea of God. – Euripides

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