What is love? There is nothing in the world, neither man nor Devil nor any thing, that I… — Umberto Eco

What is love? There is nothing in the world, neither man nor Devil nor any thing, that I hold as suspect as love, for it penetrates the soul more than any other thing. Nothing exists that so fills and binds the heart as love does. Therefore, unless you have those weapons that subdue it, the soul plunges through love into an immense abyss.

The Name of the Rose · 1980
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Eco, Humberto. The Name of the Rose, translated by William Weaver. HarperVia, 2014.
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Eco, Umberto. Il nome della rosa [The Name of the Rose]. Bompiani, 1980.

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