...the human being to lack that second skin we call egoism has not yet been born, it lasts much longer than the… — Jose Saramago Copy Share Image
Because each of you has his or her own death, you carry it with you in a secret place from the moment… — Jose Saramago Copy Share Image
When we are born, when we enter this world, it is as if we signed a pact for the rest of our… — Jose Saramago Copy Share Image
Men are angels born without wings, nothing could be nicer than to be born without wings and to make them grow. — Jose Saramago Copy Share Image
blindness is a private matter between a person and the eyes with which he or she was born. — Jose Saramago Copy Share Image
...for human words are like shadows, and shadows are incapable of explaining light and between shadow and light there is the opaque… — Jose Saramago Copy Share Image
I was born in a family of landless peasants, in Azinhaga, a small village in the province of Ribatejo, on the right… — Jose Saramago Copy Share Image
Though I had come into the world on 16 November 1922, my official documents show that I was born two days later,… — Jose Saramago Copy Share Image
“We are born, and at that moment, it is as if we had signed a pact for the rest of our life, but a… — José Saramago Copy Share Image
It takes little or nothing to undo reputations, the merest trifle makes and remakes them, it is simply a question of finding the best… — Jose Saramago Copy Share Image
With the passage of time, as well as the social evolution and genetic exchange, we ended up putting our conscience in the color of… — Jose Saramago Copy Share Image
“E se as histórias para crianças passassem a ser de leitura obrigatória para os adultos? Seriam eles capazes de aprender realmente o que há… — José Saramago Copy Share Image
“the inmates of the second ward in the right wing have decided, at long last, to bury their dead, at least we shall be… — José Saramago Copy Share Image
“Stretching one arm behind him, the man passed his hand over the horse's coat, his own skin transformed, or skin which had transformed into… — José Saramago Copy Share Image
...you have to leave the island in order to see the island, that we can't see ourselves unless we become free of ourselves, Unless… — Jose Saramago Copy Share Image
