The real hero is always a hero by mistake; he dreams of being an honest coward like everybody else. Umberto Eco
Nothing gives a fearful man more courage than another’s fear. Umberto Eco
Under torture you are as if under the dominion of those grasses that produce visions. Everything you have heard told, everything you have read returns to your mind, as if you were being transported, not toward heaven, but toward hell. Under torture you say not only what the inquisitor wants, but also what you imagine might please him, because a bond (this, truly, diabolical) is established between you and him. Umberto Eco