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> [“What does reading do, You can learn almost everything from reading, But I read too, So you must know something, Now I'm not so sure, You'll have to read differently then, How, The same method doesn't work for everyone, each…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-saramago/what-does-reading-do-you-can-learn-almost-everything-from-reading-but/)

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

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> [Some people spend their entire lives reading but never get beyond reading the words on the page, they don't understand that the words are merely stepping stones placed across a fast-flowing river, and the reason they're there is so that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-saramago/some-people-spend-their-entire-lives-reading-but-never-get-beyond/)

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

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## Other authors on Flowing river

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-paulo-coelho-74345.jpg) Paulo Coelho 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/flowing-river/paulo-coelho/)

## 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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