Eco, Umberto. The Name of the Rose. Trans. William Weaver. New York: Harcourt, Inc., 1984. 155.
“Then we are living in a place abandoned by God,” I said, disheartened.
“Have you found any placed where God would have felt at home?” William asked me, looking down from his great height.
Then he sent me to rest. As I lay on my pallet, I concluded that my father should not have sent me out into the world, which was more complicated than I had thought. I was learning too many things.
“Salva me ab ore leonis [Save me out of the lion's mouth],” I prayed as I fell asleep.
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