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Jose Saramago quotes

Portuguese Writer November 16, 1922 – June 18, 2010

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Men are all the same, they think that because they came out of the belly of a woman they know all there is to know about women. Jose Saramago
The minds of human beings are not always entirely at one with the world in which they live, some people have trouble adjusting to reality, basically they're just weak, confused spirits who use words, sometimes very skillfully, to justify their cowardice. Jose Saramago
[...] death never replies, not because she doesn't want to, but because she doesn't know what to say in the face of the greatest of human sorrows. Jose Saramago
Jose Saramago quote: "our god, the creator of heaven and earth, is completely mad"
our god, the creator of heaven and earth, is completely mad Jose Saramago
Contrary to what most people think, making a decision is one of the easiest decisions in the world, as is more than proved by the fact that we make decision upon decision throughout the day, there, however, we run straight into the heart of the matter, for these decisions always come to us afterward with their particular little problems, or, to make ourselves quite clear, with their rough edges needing to be smoothed, the first of these problems being our capacity for sticking to a decision... Jose Saramago
Without the faintest possibility of finding a job, I decided to devote myself to literature: it was about time to find out what I was worth as a writer. Jose Saramago
Jose Saramago quote: "blindness is a private matter between a person and the eyes..."
blindness is a private matter between a person and the eyes with which he or she was born. Jose Saramago
Contrary to what is generally believed, meaning and sense were never the same thing, meaning shows itself at once, direct, literal, explicit, enclosed in itself, univocal, if you like, while sense cannot stay still, it seethes with second, third and fourth senses, radiating out in different directions that divide and subdivide into branches and branchlets, until they disappear from view, the sense of every word is like a star hurling spring tides out into space, cosmic winds, magnetic... Jose Saramago
Jose Saramago quote: "A tree weeps when cut down, a dog howls when beaten, but a man..."
A tree weeps when cut down, a dog howls when beaten, but a man matures when offended. Jose Saramago
Jose Saramago quote: "When all is said and done, what is clear is that all lives end..."
When all is said and done, what is clear is that all lives end before their time. Jose Saramago
Jose Saramago quote: "doubt is the privilege of those who have lived a long time,"
doubt is the privilege of those who have lived a long time, Jose Saramago
Jose Saramago quote: "The fairest and most radically human, coming here to declare..."
The fairest and most radically human, coming here to declare that, ultimately, God does not deserve to see. Jose Saramago
Jose Saramago quote: "Time and time again one has seen how stories get exaggerated..."
Time and time again one has seen how stories get exaggerated in the telling. Jose Saramago
Because each of you has his or her own death, you carry it with you in a secret place from the moment you're born, it belongs to you and you belong to it. Jose Saramago
Jose Saramago quote: "What kind of world is this that can send machines to Mars and..."
What kind of world is this that can send machines to Mars and does nothing to stop the killing of a human being? Jose Saramago

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