Belbo decided to take the universe of the Diabolicals seriously, not because of an abundance of faith, but because of a total lack of it. he came to realize that by inventing the Plan he had actually created. He fell in love with his golem, found it a source of consolation. Fear forced him to be brave. Inventing, he had created the principle of reality.

— In our words · Source: Foucault's Pendulum (Umberto Eco)