Perhaps it is the language that chooses the writers it needs, making use of them so that each might express a tiny part of what it is.
Jose SaramagoVery few people are aware that in each of our fingers, located somewhere between the firs phalange, the mesophalange and the metaphalange, there is a tiny brain... It should be noted that fingers are without brains, these develop gradually with the passage of time and with the help of what the eyes see... That is why the fingers have always excelled at uncovering what is concealed.
Jose Saramagoblindness is a private matter between a person and the eyes with which he or she was born.
Jose SaramagoWords have their own hierarchy, their own protocol, their own artistic titles, their own plebeian stigmas.
Jose Saramago