“Truth and falsehood pass through the same lips and leave no mark, the devil does not cease to be the devil just… — José Saramago Copy Share Image
But truths need to be repeated many times so that they don't, poor things, lapse into oblivion. — Jose Saramago Copy Share Image
“human beings are known universally as the only animals capable of lying, and while it is true that they sometimes lie out… — José Saramago Copy Share Image
“...This was probably my biggest mistake: to think that the truth could be captured externally and simply with one's eyes, to imagine… — José Saramago Copy Share Image
“he had suddenly seen what the world was like, how there are many lies and no truths, well, there must be some… — José Saramago Copy Share Image
“And then there are colors. The truth is that the brain knows far less about colors than one might suppose. It sees… — José Saramago Copy Share Image
“... we are only ever pretending to ourselves, never to other people ...” — José 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