anyone who gets up early by inclination or has been forced to rise early out of necessity finds it intolerable that others should go on sleeping soundly
Jose SaramagoLiking is probably the best form of ownership, and ownership the worst form of liking.
Jose SaramagoThere are times when it is best to be content with what one has, so as not to lose everything.
Jose SaramagoA human being is a being who is constantly 'under construction,' but also, in a parallel fashion, always in a state of constant destruction.
Jose SaramagoWith the passage of time, as well as the social evolution and genetic exchange, we ended up putting our conscience in the color of our blood and the salt of our tears.
Jose SaramagoNot only does the universe have its own laws, all of them indifferent to the contradictory dreams and desires of humanity, and in the formulation of which we contribute not one iota, apart, that is, from the words by which we clumsily name them, but everything seems to indicate that it uses these laws for aims and objectives that transcend and always will transcend our understanding.
Jose Saramago