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...
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.
Men are angels born without wings, nothing could be nicer than to be born without wings and to make them grow.
No human being can achieve all he or she desires in this life except in dreams, so good night all.
The best way to killing a rose is to force it open when it is still only the promise of a bud.
There are such moments in life, when, in order for heaven to open, it is necessary for a door to close.
In the end we discover the only condition for living is to die.
Forgive me if what has seemed little to you, to me is all.
Words that come from the heart are never spoken, they get caught in the throat and can only be read in ones's eyes.