I felt no passion, no jealousy, no nostalgia. I was hollow, clear-head…

Umberto Eco
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I felt no passion, no jealousy, no nostalgia. I was hollow, clear-headed, clean, and as emotionless as an aluminum pot. ✨ Umberto Eco (2007). Foucault's Pendulum, p.219, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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I felt no passion, no jealousy, no nostalgia. I was hollow, clear-headed, clean, and as emotionless as an aluminum pot. ✨ Umberto Eco (2007). Foucault's Pendulum, p.219, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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