641 Quotes by José Saramago

sighs could be heard, moaning, tiny cries, muffled at first, sounds that seemed to be words, that ought to be words, but whose meaning got lost in the crescendo that transformed them into shouts and grunts and finally heavy, stertorous breathing.

Be patient, be patient, there are no crueller words, better to be insulted.

for the moment we still live on the memory of what we felt

what good would it do her to have beautiful bright eyes such as these if there is no one to see them.

Con l’andar del tempo, più le attività di convivenza e gli scambi genetici, abbiamo finito col ficcare la coscienza nel colore del sangue e nel sale delle lacrime, e, come se non bastasse, degli occhi abbiamo fatto una sorta di specchi rivolti all’interno, con il risultato che, spesso, ci mostrano senza riserva ciò che stavamo cercando di negare con la bocca.

Se sobresaltó al oír decir, Buenos días, se había perdido la costumbre de dar los buenos días, no sólo porque días de ciegos, propiamente hablando, nunca pueden ser buenos, sino también porque nadie está completamente seguro de que los días no fuesen tardes o noches

...The mind suffers delusions when it succumbs to the monsters it has itself created.

[...]certainly not one of them would have known what to reply if they had been asked, Why are you holding hands as you go, it simply came about, there are gestures for which we cannot always find an easy explanation, sometimes not even a difficult one can be found.

Se tens um coração de ferro, bom proveito. O meu, fizeram-no de carne, e sangra todo o dia.