Umberto Eco Quotes:
Ocupation: Essayist
Life: b. January 5, 1932
Birthday: January 5
The lunatic is all idée fixe, and whatever he comes across confirms his lunacy. You can tell him by the liberties he takes with common sense, by his flashes of inspiration, and by the fact that sooner or later he brings up the Templars.
source: Umberto Eco (2007). “Foucault's Pendulum”, p.76, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
topic: Inspiration, Common Sense, Liberty, Lunacy, Templars
