I never appreciated 'positive heroes' in literature. They are almost always cliches, copies of copies, until the model is exhausted. I prefer perplexity, doubt, uncertainty, not just because it provides a more 'productive' literary raw material, but because that is the way we humans really are.
Jose SaramagoEn ningรบn momento de la historia, en ningรบn lugar del planeta, las religiones han servido para que los seres humanos se acerquen unos a los otros. Por el contrario, sรณlo han servido para separar, para quemar, para torturar. No creo en dios, no lo necesito y ademรกs soy buena persona.
Jose SaramagoThere are such moments in life, when, in order for heaven to open, it is necessary for a door to close.
Jose Saramago...we confidently say that it's not worth trying to reach any conclusions merely because we decide to stop halfway along the path that would lead us straight to them.
Jose Saramago