“Yesterday's rose endures in its name, we hold empty names.”
― The Name of the Rose
― The Name of the Rose
“A narrator should not supply interpretations of his work; otherwise he would have not written a novel, which is a machine for generating interpretations.”
― The Name of the Rose
― The Name of the Rose
“Books are not made to be believed, but to be subjected to inquiry. When we consider a book, we mustn't ask ourselves what it says but what it means...”
― The Name of the Rose
― The Name of the Rose
“How beautiful was the spectacle of nature not yet touched by
the often perverse wisdom of man!”
― The Name of the Rose
the often perverse wisdom of man!”
― The Name of the Rose
“Then why do you want to know?"
"Because learning does not consist only of knowing what we must or we can do, but also of knowing what we could do and perhaps should not do.”
― The Name of the Rose
"Because learning does not consist only of knowing what we must or we can do, but also of knowing what we could do and perhaps should not do.”
― The Name of the Rose
Khanh’s 2025 Year in Books
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