More Quotes by José Saramago
A tree weeps when cut down, a dog howls when beaten, but a man matures when offended.
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.
As my cat would say, all hours are good for sleeping.
Inside us there is something that has no name, that something is what we are.
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.
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.
No human being can achieve all he or she desires in this life except in dreams, so good night all.
We can escape from everything, but not from ourselves.