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.
A journey never ends. Only the travellers end.
The best way to killing a rose is to force it open when it is still only the promise of a bud.
Men are angels born without wings, nothing could be nicer than to be born without wings and to make them grow.
In the end we discover the only condition for living is to die.
Each day is a little bit of history
There are such moments in life, when, in order for heaven to open, it is necessary for a door to close.
Strictly speaking, we do not make decisions. Decisions make us.
The difficult thing isn't living with other people, it's understanding them.
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...