More Quotes by José Saramago
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...
A tree weeps when cut down, a dog howls when beaten, but a man matures when offended.
There are such moments in life, when, in order for heaven to open, it is necessary for a door to close.
Men are angels born without wings, nothing could be nicer than to be born without wings and to make them grow.
We can escape from everything, but not from ourselves.
Forgive me if what has seemed little to you, to me is all.
Strictly speaking, we do not make decisions. Decisions make us.
A journey never ends. Only the travellers end.
The difficult thing isn't living with other people, it's understanding them.
No human being can achieve all he or she desires in this life except in dreams, so good night all.