"...you have to leave the island in order……" — Jose 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 we escape from ourselves you mean, No, that's not the same thing."
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142 Quotes by Jose Saramago
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A journey never ends. Only the travellers end.
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Each day is a little bit of history
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