What did I really think fifteen years ago? A nonbeliever, I felt guilt…

Umberto Eco
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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. ✨ Umberto Eco (2007). Foucault's Pendulum, p.61, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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