More Quotes by José Saramago
Strictly speaking, we do not make decisions. Decisions make us.
Each day is a little bit of history
A tree weeps when cut down, a dog howls when beaten, but a man matures when offended.
There are such moments in life, when, in order for heaven to open, it is necessary for a door to close.
Words that come from the heart are never spoken, they get caught in the throat and can only be read in ones's eyes.
A journey never ends. Only the travellers end.
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.
In the end we discover the only condition for living is to die.
We can escape from everything, but not from ourselves.
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.