More Quotes by José Saramago
Some people spend their entire lives reading but never get beyond reading the words on the page, they don't understand that the words are merely stepping stones placed across a fast-flowing river, and the reason they're there is so that we can reach the farther shore, it's the other side that matters...
People live with the illusion that we have a democratic system, but it's only the outward form of one. In reality we live in a plutocracy, a government of the rich.
There are such moments in life, when, in order for heaven to open, it is necessary for a door to close.
Forgive me if what has seemed little to you, to me is all.
In the end we discover the only condition for living is to die.
Strictly speaking, we do not make decisions. Decisions make us.
The worst pain ... isn't the pain you feel at the time, it's the pain you feel later on when there's nothing you can do about it, They say that time heals all wounds, But we never live long enough to test that theory.
Chaos is merely order waiting to be deciphered
The difficult thing isn't living with other people, it's understanding them.
A tree weeps when cut down, a dog howls when beaten, but a man matures when offended.