The world had already changed before September 11. The world has been going through a process of change over the last 20 or 30 years. A civilization ends, another one begins.
Jose SaramagoThe history of mankind is the history of our misunderstandings with god, for he doesn't understand us, and we don't understand him.
Jose SaramagoThe day before is what we bring to the day we're actually living through, life is a matter of carrying along all those days-before just as someone might carry stones, and when we can no longer cope with the load, the work is done, the last day is the only one that is not the day before another day.
Jose SaramagoThe virtue of maps, they show what can be done with limited space, they foresee that everything can happen therein.
Jose Saramago