More Quotes by José Saramago
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.
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.
Words that come from the heart are never spoken, they get caught in the throat and can only be read in ones's eyes.
A journey never ends. Only the travellers end.
The difficult thing isn't living with other people, it's understanding them.
The best way to killing a rose is to force it open when it is still only the promise of a bud.
Inside us there is something that has no name, that something is what we are.
If I'm sincere today, what does it matter if I regret it tomorrow?
Forgive me if what has seemed little to you, to me is all.
Men are angels born without wings, nothing could be nicer than to be born without wings and to make them grow.