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Jose Saramago quotes

Portuguese Writer November 16, 1922 – June 18, 2010

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Every novel is like this, desperation, a frustrated attempt to save something of the past. Except that it still has not been established whether it is the novel that prevents man from forgetting himself or the impossibility of forgetfulness that makes him write novels. Jose Saramago
...for human words are like shadows, and shadows are incapable of explaining light and between shadow and light there is the opaque body from which words are born.. Jose Saramago
Jose Saramago quote: "I can't imagine myself outside any kind of social or political..."
I can't imagine myself outside any kind of social or political involvement. Jose Saramago
Jose Saramago quote: "If we cannot live entirely like human beings, at least let us..."
If we cannot live entirely like human beings, at least let us do everything in our power not to live entirely like animals. Jose Saramago
Whether we like it or not, the one justification for the existence of all religions is death, they need death as much as we need bread to eat. Jose Saramago
We say Fine, even though we may be dying, and this is commonly known as taking one's courage in both hands, a phenomenon that has only been observed in the human species. Jose Saramago
Jose Saramago quote: "As so often happens, the thing left undone tires you most of..."
As so often happens, the thing left undone tires you most of all, you only feel rested when it has been accomplished. Jose Saramago
Jose Saramago quote: "It is economic power that determines political power, and..."
It is economic power that determines political power, and governments become the political functionaries of economic power. Jose Saramago
Jose Saramago quote: "I have yet to hear a single idea that was worth considering..."
I have yet to hear a single idea that was worth considering for longer than it took us to listen to it. Jose Saramago
Jose Saramago quote: "We never consider that the things dogs know about us are..."
We never consider that the things dogs know about us are things of which we have not the faintest notion. Jose Saramago
...we confidently say that it's not worth trying to reach any conclusions merely because we decide to stop halfway along the path that would lead us straight to them. Jose Saramago
the map they are using does not indicate the village of Orce, how very inconsiderate on the part of the cartographers, I’ll bet they didn’t forget to indicate their own hometowns, in future they should remember how vexing it is for someone to check out his birthplace on a map only to find a blank space, this has given rise to the gravest of problems for those trying to establish personal and national identities. Jose Saramago
You might think that after all the shameful capitulations made by the government during the ups and downs of their negotiations with the maphia ... they could sink no lower. Alas, when one advances blindly across the boggy ground of realpolitik, when pragmatism takes up the baton and conducts the orchestra, ignoring what is written in the score, you can be pretty sure that, as the imperative logic of dishonor will show, there are still, after all, a few more steps to descend. Jose Saramago
Stretching one arm behind him, the man passed his hand over the horse's coat, his own skin transformed, or skin which had transformed into him. ("The Centaur") Jose Saramago
Casting a ballot is your irrevocable right, and no one will ever deny you that right, but just as you tell children not to play with matches, so we warn whole peoples of the dangers of playing with dynamite. Jose Saramago

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