“There are such moments in life: one unexpectedly discovers that perfection exists, that it, too, is a tiny sphere traveling in time,… — José Saramago Copy Share Image
The wisest man I ever knew in my whole life could not read or write. At four o'clock in the morning, when… — Jose Saramago Copy Share Image
“Few things in life hurt as much as the awareness that one has betrayed the ideas of one's youth.” — José Saramago Copy Share Image
just like everything else in life, let time take its course and it will find a solution. — Jose Saramago Copy Share Image
we would understand much more about life’s complexities if we applied ourselves to an assiduous study of its contradictions, instead of wasting… — Jose Saramago Copy Share Image
“Strictly speaking, we do not make decisions, decisions make us. The proof can be found in the fact that, though life leads… — José Saramago Copy Share Image
I believe myself to be the type of person who does not complicate his life. I have always lived my life without… — Jose Saramago Copy Share Image
Being fired was the best luck of my life. It made me stop and reflect. It was the birth of my life… — Jose Saramago Copy Share Image
“However hard he tried, he could never manage to make himself visible to human eyes and not because he can't, since for… — José Saramago Copy Share Image
“The only difference between life and death is that the living still have time, but the time to say that one word,… — José Saramago Copy Share Image
“...given the behaviour of human beings throughout the ages, they do not deserve life, with its many dark sides, in all its… — José Saramago Copy Share Image
Americans have discovered the fragility of life, that ominous fragility that the rest of the world either already experienced or is experiencing… — Jose Saramago Copy Share Image
Some people spend their entire lives reading but never get beyond reading the words on the page, they don't understand that the… — Jose Saramago Copy Share Image
You never know beforehand what people are capable of, you have to wait, give it time, it's time that rules, time is… — Jose Saramago Copy Share Image
... that's how life should be, when one person loses heart, the other must have heart and courage enough for both. — Jose Saramago Copy Share Image
“That's how life is, what it gives with one hand one day, it takes away with the other.” — José Saramago Copy Share Image
There are such moments in life, when, in order for heaven to open, it is necessary for a door to close. — 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