The thought that all experience will be lost at the moment of my death makes me feel pain and fear… What a waste, decades spent building up experience, only to throw it all away… We remedy this sadness by working. For example, by writing, painting, or building cities. — Umberto Eco

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Mini who’s who:

Umberto Eco : Italian Novelist
Born:  January 5, 1932
Died:  February 19, 2016