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That is the dream of all novelists-that one of their characters will become 'somebody.'
Jose Saramago
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Jose Saramago
Age: 87 †
Born: 1922
Born: November 16
Died: 2010
Died: June 18
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Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico
Jose Saramago
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. . . if there is a way for the world to be transformed for the better, it can only be done by pessimism optimists will never change the world for the better.
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Words that come from the heart are never spoken, they get caught in the throat and can only be read in ones's eyes.
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That it's possible not to see a lie even when it's in front of us.
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Society has to change, but the political powers we have at the moment are not enough to effect this change. The whole democratic system would have to be rethought.
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Forgive me if what has seemed little to you, to me is all.
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Inside us there is something that has no name, that something is what we are.
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There are those who deny me the right to speak of God, because I am not a believer. And I say that I have every right in the world. I want to talk about God because it is a problem that affects all humanity.
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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.
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The ear has to be educated if one wishes to appreciate musical sounds, just as the eyes must learn to distinguish the value of words.
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Perhaps only in a world of the blind will things be what they truly are.
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In a king, modesty would be a sign of weakness.
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A woman is essentially a vessel made to be filled.
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Dignity has no price ... when someone starts making small concessions, in the end life loses all meaning.
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We are so afraid of the idea of having to die... that we always try to find excuses for the dead, as if we were asking beforehand to be excused when it is our turn.
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Chaos is merely order waiting to be deciphered
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Sometimes I say that writing a novel is the same as constructing a chair: a person must be able to sit in it, to be balanced on it. If I can produce a great chair, even better. But above all I have to make sure that it has four stable feet.
Jose Saramago
I always ask two questions: How many countries have military bases in the United States? And in how many countries does the United States not have military bases?
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Will we ever learn that certain things can be understood only if we take the trouble to trace them to their origins.
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Every thing in life is a uniform the only time our bodies are truly in civilian dress is when we're naked.
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Age carries with it a double load of guilt.
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