...sometimes we ask ourselves why happiness took so long to arrive, why it didn't come sooner, but appears suddenly, as now, when… — Jose Saramago Copy Share Image
Words are like that, they deceive, they pile up, it seems they do not know where to go, and, suddenly, because of… — Jose Saramago Copy Share Image
People might ask me, What do you propose instead? I propose nothing. I am a mere novelist, I just write about the… — Jose Saramago Copy Share Image
The day before is what we bring to the day we're actually living through, life is a matter of carrying along all… — Jose Saramago Copy Share Image
The much-quoted immaculate conception of the Virgin Mary occurred but once so that the world might know that Almighty God, when He… — 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
