I believe that what we become depends on what our fathers teach us at odd moments, when they aren't trying to teach us. We are formed by little scrap… - Umberto Eco

What did I really think fifteen years ago? A nonbeliever, I felt guilty in the midst of all those believers. And since it seemed to me that they were in the right, I decided to believe, as you might decide to take an aspirin: It can't hurt and you might get better.

يرى البعض أن مصطلح التسامح هو مصطلح مبهم وهو مصطلح لامتسامح: حيث إنه يفترض، بالفعل، وفقاً لرافضيه، بأنه يمكن لنا الاعتقاد بأن شخصا ما غير مقبول بشكل أساسي، أو أنه أدنى منا مرتبة (وخلاصة القول فإنه من الأفضل تحاشيه)، بيد أننا نتسامح معه من مبدأ الأدب أو إيثاراً لمبدأ السلامة.

Thus I rediscovered what writers have always known (and have told us again and again): books always speak of other books, and every story tells a story that has already been told.