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More Quotes by José Saramago
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...
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.
Each day is a little bit of history
The difficult thing isn't living with other people, it's understanding them.
Words that come from the heart are never spoken, they get caught in the throat and can only be read in ones's eyes.
We can escape from everything, but not from ourselves.
There are such moments in life, when, in order for heaven to open, it is necessary for a door to close.
The best way to killing a rose is to force it open when it is still only the promise of a bud.
If I'm sincere today, what does it matter if I regret it tomorrow?