Time Quotes by José Saramago

“Without a future, the present serves no purpose,”

— José Saramago

“que o tempo veio a tornar rançoso,”

— José Saramago

“Time and time again one has seen how stories get exaggerated in the telling.”

— José Saramago

“That we're going to die is something we know from the moment we are born, That's why, in some ways, it's as…

— José Saramago

“, They say that time heals all wounds, But we never live long enough to test that theory,”

— José Saramago

just like everything else in life, let time take its course and it will find a solution.

— Jose Saramago

The only time we can talk about death is while we're alive, not afterwards.

— Jose Saramago

When all is said and done, what is clear is that all lives end before their time.

— Jose Saramago

There are such moments in life, when, in order for heaven to open, it is necessary for a door to close.

— Jose Saramago

But truths need to be repeated many times so that they don't, poor things, lapse into oblivion.

— Jose Saramago

Every novel is like this, desperation, a frustrated attempt to save something of the past. Except that it still has not been…

— Jose Saramago

Society has to change, but the political powers we have at the moment are not enough to effect this change. The whole…

— Jose Saramago

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

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

We all have our moments of weakness, just as well that we are still capable of weeping, tears are often our salvation,…

— Jose Saramago

“We are born, and at that moment, it is as if we had signed a pact for the rest of our life,…

— José Saramago

Because each of you has his or her own death, you carry it with you in a secret place from the moment…

— Jose Saramago

The worst pain ... isn't the pain you feel at the time, it's the pain you feel later on when there's nothing…

— Jose Saramago

“The only difference between life and death is that the living still have time, but the time to say that one word,…

— José Saramago

“Cain considers life and can find no explanation for it, there is that woman, who although clearly sick with desire is enjoying…

— José Saramago

“he had suddenly seen what the world was like, how there are many lies and no truths, well, there must be some…

— José Saramago

Every second that passes is like a door that opens to allow in what has not yet happened, what we call the…

— Jose Saramago

“human beings are known universally as the only animals capable of lying, and while it is true that they sometimes lie out…

— José Saramago

“don't ask me what good and what evil are, we knew what it was each time we had to act when blindness…

— José Saramago

With the passing of time, as well as the social evolution and genetic exchange, we ended up putting our conscience in the…

— Jose Saramago

Perfect moments, especially when they verge on the sublime have the grave disadvantage of being very short lived, which in fact, being…

— Jose Saramago

“It was time to begin making notes on how the search was going, the people he had met, the conversations he had…

— José Saramago

“There are people like Senhor José everywhere, who fill their time, or what they believe to be their spare time, by collecting…

— José Saramago

“Se ensinares, ensina ao mesmo tempo a duvidar daquilo que estás a ensinar.”

— José Saramago

Everything in this world can volunteer some reply, what takes up time is posing the questions.

— Jose Saramago

There are times when it is best to be content with what one has, so as not to lose everything.

— Jose Saramago

“Keep what is of no use at the moment, and later you will find what you need.”

— José Saramago

“The time for miracles has either passed or not come yet, besides, miracles, genuine miracles, whatever people say, are not such a…

— José Saramago

With the passage of time, as well as the social evolution and genetic exchange, we ended up putting our conscience in the…

— Jose Saramago

Without the faintest possibility of finding a job, I decided to devote myself to literature: it was about time to find out…

— Jose Saramago

“We all have our moments of weakness, just as well that we are still capable of weeping, tears are often our salvation,…

— José Saramago

Though I had come into the world on 16 November 1922, my official documents show that I was born two days later,…

— Jose Saramago

when you are old and realize that time is running out, you start imagining that you have the cure for all the…

— Jose Saramago

“... time is a master of ceremonies who always ends up putting us in our rightful place, we advance, stop, and retreat…

— José Saramago

“The past is an immense area of stony ground that many people would like to drive across as if it were a…

— José Saramago