More Quotes by José Saramago
The difficult thing isn't living with other people, it's understanding them.
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...
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.
Forgive me if what has seemed little to you, to me is all.
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.
In the end we discover the only condition for living is to die.
The best way to killing a rose is to force it open when it is still only the promise of a bud.
Strictly speaking, we do not make decisions. Decisions make us.
If I'm sincere today, what does it matter if I regret it tomorrow?
A tree weeps when cut down, a dog howls when beaten, but a man matures when offended.
