...you have to leave the island in order to see the island, that we can't see ourselves unless we become free of ourselves, Unless we escape from ourselves you mean, No, that's not the same thing.

José Saramago


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Chaos is merely order waiting to be deciphered.

José Saramago

Tags: perception order double



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We've all had our moments of weakness, and if we manage to get through today without any, we'll be sure to have some tomorrow.

José Saramago

Tags: weakness emotions



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Al contrario de lo que se cree, sentido y significado nunca han sido lo mismo, el significado se queda aquí, es directo, literal, explícito, cerrado en sí mismo, unívoco, podríamos decir, mientras que le sentido no es capaz de permanecer quieto, hierve de segundos sentidos, terceros y cuartos, de direcciones radicales que se van dividiendo y subdividiendo en ramas y ramajes hasta que se pierdende vista, el sentido de cada palabra se parece a una estrella cuando se pone a proyectar mareas vivas por el espacio, vientos cósmicos, perturbaciones magnéticas, aflicciones".

José Saramago


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Time and time again one has seen how stories get exaggerated in the telling.

José Saramago


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Non si puo' mai sapere in anticipo di cosa siano capaci le persone, bisogna aspettare, dar tempo al tempo, e' il tempo che comanda, il tempo e' il compagno che sta giocando di fronte a noi, e ha in mano tutte le carte del mazzo, a noi ci tocca inventarci le briscole con la vita, la nostra

José Saramago


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As so often happens, the thing left undone tires you most of all, you only feel rested when it has been accomplished.

José Saramago


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Such is our need to shower blame on some distant entity when it is we who lack the courage to face up to what is there before us.

José Saramago

Tags: human



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Deve-se a construção do convento de Mafra ao rei D. João V, por um voto que fez se lhe nascesse um filho, vão aqui seiscentos homens que não fizeram filho nenhum à rainha e eles é que pagam o voto, que se lixam, com perdão da anacrónica voz.

José Saramago

Tags: memorial-do-convento



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Perhaps only in a world of the blind will things be what they truly are.

José Saramago


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