More Quotes by José Saramago
Chaos is merely order waiting to be deciphered
A tree weeps when cut down, a dog howls when beaten, but a man matures when offended.
The best way to killing a rose is to force it open when it is still only the promise of a bud.
Inside us there is something that has no name, that something is what we are.
A journey never ends. Only the travellers end.
Words that come from the heart are never spoken, they get caught in the throat and can only be read in ones's eyes.
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.
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...
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.