More Quotes by José Saramago
Men are angels born without wings, nothing could be nicer than to be born without wings and to make them grow.
There are such moments in life, when, in order for heaven to open, it is necessary for a door to close.
We can escape from everything, but not from ourselves.
Forgive me if what has seemed little to you, to me is all.
As my cat would say, all hours are good for sleeping.
A tree weeps when cut down, a dog howls when beaten, but a man matures when offended.
In the end we discover the only condition for living is to die.
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.
The difficult thing isn't living with other people, it's understanding them.
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.