More Quotes by José Saramago
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.
Inside us there is something that has no name, that something is what we are.
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...
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.
We can escape from everything, but not from ourselves.
Forgive me if what has seemed little to you, to me is all.
Chaos is merely order waiting to be deciphered
The difficult thing isn't living with other people, it's understanding them.
Strictly speaking, we do not make decisions. Decisions make us.