Words that come from the heart are never spoken, they get caught in the throat and can only be read in ones's eyes.
Jose SaramagoSociety 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.
Jose SaramagoHuman nature is, by definition, a talkative one, imprudent, indiscreet, gossipy, incapable of closing its mouth and keeping it closed.
Jose SaramagoFor me, writing is a job. I do not separate the work from the act of writing like two things that have nothing to do with each other. I arrange words one after another, or one in front of another, to tell a story, to say something that I consider important or useful, or at least important or useful to me. It is nothing more than this.
Jose Saramago