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Jose Saramago quotes

Portuguese Writer November 16, 1922 – June 18, 2010

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Jose Saramago quote: "Forgive me if what has seemed little to you, to me is all."
Forgive me if what has seemed little to you, to me is all. Jose Saramago
Can you imagine what Bush would say if someone like Hugo Chavez asked him for a little piece of land to install a military base, and he only wanted to plant a Venezuelan flag there? Jose Saramago
The church has never been asked to explain anything, our speciality, along with ballistics, has always been the neutralisation of the overly curious mind through faith. Jose Saramago
Jose Saramago quote: "in matters of feeling and of the heart, too much is always..."
...in matters of feeling and of the heart, too much is always better than too little. Jose Saramago
The angel told her, An honest man who committed a crime, you have no idea how many honest men have committed crimes, their crimes are countless, and contrary to popular belief these are the only crimes that cannot be forgiven. Jose Saramago
A human being is a being who is constantly 'under construction,' but also, in a parallel fashion, always in a state of constant destruction. Jose Saramago
Jose Saramago quote: "The sun appears in one of the upper corners of the rectangle,..."
The sun appears in one of the upper corners of the rectangle, on the left of anyone looking at the picture. Jose Saramago
when I get to the end of what I’m saying, I have to believe in my having said it, that’s often all that’s needed just as water, flour, and yeast make bread. Jose Saramago
The period that I could consider the most important in my literary work came about beginning with the Revolution, and in a certain way, developed as a consequence of the Revolution. But it was also a result of the counterrevolutionary coup of November 1975. Jose Saramago
It is difficult to understand these people who democratically take part in elections and a referendum, but are then incapable of democratically accepting the will of the people. Jose Saramago
Jose Saramago quote: "one could argue that those who have abandoned their homes do..."
one could argue that those who have abandoned their homes do not deserve to live there and enjoy them Jose Saramago
The chronicler would abandon any idea of making a detailed report of all the other ills that are afflicting most of the nearly three hundred inmates being kept in this inhumane quarantine, but he could not fail to mention at least two cases of fairly advanced cancer, for the authorities had no humanitarian scruples when rounded up the blind and confining them here, they even stated that the laws once made is the same for everyone and that democracy is incompatible with preferential treatment.... Jose Saramago
Why did we become blind, I don't know, perhaps one day we'll find out, Do you want me to tell you what I think, Yes, do, I don't think we did go blind, I think we are blind, Blind but seeing, Blind people who can see, but do not see. Jose Saramago
Jose Saramago quote: "The novel is not so much a literary genre, but a literary..."
The novel is not so much a literary genre, but a literary space, like a sea that is filled by many rivers. Jose Saramago
Jose Saramago quote: "If I'm sincere today, what does it matter if I regret it..."
If I'm sincere today, what does it matter if I regret it tomorrow? Jose Saramago

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