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> [“the map they are using does not indicate the village of Orce, how very inconsiderate on the part of the cartographers, I’ll bet they didn’t forget to indicate their own hometowns, in future they should remember how vexing it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-saramago/the-map-they-are-using-does-not-indicate-the-village-of-orce-how-very/)

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## More by José Saramago

> [“We are born, and at that moment, it is as if we had signed a pact for the rest of our life, but a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-saramago/we-are-born-and-at-that-moment-it-is-as-if-we-had-signed-a-pact-for/)

[José Saramago](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-saramago/)

> [It takes little or nothing to undo reputations, the merest trifle makes and remakes them, it is simply a question of finding the best…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-saramago/it-takes-little-or-nothing-to-undo-reputations-the-merest-trifle/)

[Jose Saramago](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-saramago/)

> [One can show no greater respect than to weep for a stranger.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-saramago/one-can-show-no-greater-respect-than-to-weep-for-a-stranger/)

[Jose Saramago](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-saramago/)

> [I am not a prophet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-saramago/i-am-not-a-prophet/)

[Jose Saramago](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-saramago/)

> [With the passage of time, as well as the social evolution and genetic exchange, we ended up putting our conscience in the color of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-saramago/with-the-passage-of-time-as-well-as-the-social-evolution-and-genetic/)

[Jose Saramago](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-saramago/)

> [“Al día siguiente no murió nadie.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-saramago/al-d-a-siguiente-no-muri-nadie/)

[José Saramago](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-saramago/)

> [“E se as histórias para crianças passassem a ser de leitura obrigatória para os adultos? Seriam eles capazes de aprender realmente o que há…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-saramago/e-se-as-hist-rias-para-crian-as-passassem-a-ser-de-leitura-obrigat/)

[José Saramago](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-saramago/)

> [In a king, modesty would be a sign of weakness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-saramago/in-a-king-modesty-would-be-a-sign-of-weakness/)

[Jose Saramago](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-saramago/)

> [“the inmates of the second ward in the right wing have decided, at long last, to bury their dead, at least we shall be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-saramago/the-inmates-of-the-second-ward-in-the-right-wing-have-decided-at-long/)

[José Saramago](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-saramago/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-saramago/stretching-one-arm-behind-him-the-man-passed-his-hand-over-the-horse/)

[José Saramago](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-saramago/)

> [I think we are blind. Blind people who can see, but do not see.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-saramago/i-think-we-are-blind-blind-people-who-can-see-but-do-not-see/)

[Jose Saramago](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-saramago/)

> [...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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-saramago/you-have-to-leave-the-island-in-order-to-see-the-island-that-we-can-t/)

[Jose Saramago](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-saramago/)

> [anyone who gets up early by inclination or has been forced to rise early out of necessity finds it intolerable that others should go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-saramago/anyone-who-gets-up-early-by-inclination-or-has-been-forced-to-rise/)

[Jose Saramago](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-saramago/)

> [Society has to change, but the political powers we have at the moment are not enough to effect this change. The whole democratic system…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-saramago/society-has-to-change-but-the-political-powers-we-have-at-the-moment/)

[Jose Saramago](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-saramago/)

> [“... aborrece os odores nocturnos, aquelas expansões do corpo a que nem poetas escapam".”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-saramago/aborrece-os-odores-nocturnos-aquelas-expans-es-do-corpo-a-que-nem/)

[José Saramago](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-saramago/)

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