Authors — Quotes

José Saramago Quotes: 8

Words were not given to man in order to conceal his thoughts
Inside us there is something that has no name, that something is what we are.
Blindness
Reading is probably another way of being in a place.
El hombre duplicado
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.
Death with Interruptions
blindness is a private matter between a person and the eyes with which he or she was born.
Blindness
Because each of you has his or her own death, you carry it with you in a secret place from the moment you're born, it belongs to you and you belong to it.
Somos o que pensamos, e dizemos aquilo que pensamos com palavras. Se as palavras são tão mal usadas, deturpadas, mal pronunciadas muitas vezes, que pensamento podem expressar? Isso é frustrante.
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.