Better reality than a dream: if something is real, then it's real and you're not to blame.

Quote by Umberto Eco

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The ideology of this America wants to establish reassurance through Imitation. But profit defeats ideology,...

The ideology of this America wants to establish reassurance through Imitation. But profit defeats ideology,...

Perhaps the mission of those who love mankind is to make people laugh at the...

Perhaps the mission of those who love mankind is to make people laugh at the...

The real hero is always a hero by mistake; he dreams of being an honest...

The real hero is always a hero by mistake; he dreams of being an honest...

I would define the poetic effect as the capacity that a text displays for continuing...

I would define the poetic effect as the capacity that a text displays for continuing...

There is no great sport in having bullets flying about one in every direction, but...

There is no great sport in having bullets flying about one in every direction, but...

Nothing gives a fearful man more courage than another's fear.

Nothing gives a fearful man more courage than another's fear.

The comic is the perception of the opposite; humor is the feeling of it.

The comic is the perception of the opposite; humor is the feeling of it.

In the United States there's a Puritan ethic and a mythology of success. He who...

In the United States there's a Puritan ethic and a mythology of success. He who...

I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma...

I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma...

When men stop believing in God, it isn't that they then believe in nothing: they...

When men stop believing in God, it isn't that they then believe in nothing: they...

Fear prophets and those prepared to die for the truth, for as a rule they...

Fear prophets and those prepared to die for the truth, for as a rule they...

Translation is the art of failure.

Translation is the art of failure.

I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma...

I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma...

But now I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a...

But now I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a...

A book is a fragile creature, it suffers the wear of time, it fears rodents,...

A book is a fragile creature, it suffers the wear of time, it fears rodents,...

The good of a book lies in its being read. A book is made up...

The good of a book lies in its being read. A book is made up...

There is no great sport in having bullets flying about one in every direction, but...

There is no great sport in having bullets flying about one in every direction, but...

Baseball is what we were, and football is what we have become

Baseball is what we were, and football is what we have become

There are one-hundred fifty-four games in a season and you can find one-hundred fifty-four reasons...

There are one-hundred fifty-four games in a season and you can find one-hundred fifty-four reasons...

There has always been a saying in baseball that you can't make a hitter, but...

There has always been a saying in baseball that you can't make a hitter, but...