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José Saramago

José Saramago

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Defeat has something positive: it is never final. On the other hand, victory has something negative: it is never final.

José Saramago

José Saramago

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I am not worried about death, I will dissolve into nothingness.

José Saramago

José Saramago

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There are those who deny me the right to speak about God because I do not believe. And I say that I have every right in the world. I want to talk about God because it is a problem that affects all of humanity.

José Saramago

José Saramago

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Sincerely, I believe that death is the inventor of God. If we were immortal, we would have no reason to invent a God. For what. We would never know him.

José Saramago

José Saramago

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To have is not to possess. One can have that which is not desired. Possession is to have and enjoy what one has.

José Saramago

José Saramago

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There are words that retract, that deny themselves, because they hold too much meaning for our ears tired of words.

José Saramago

José Saramago

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I have learned not to try to convince anyone. The work of convincing is a lack of respect, it is an attempt to colonize the other.

José Saramago

José Saramago

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Within us there is something that has no name, and that is what we really are.

José Saramago

José Saramago

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I do not write to please, nor to displease. I write to unsettle.

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José Saramago

José Saramago

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If literature could change the world, it would have already done so.

José Saramago

José Saramago

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Disagreeing is one of the rights missing from the Declaration of Human Rights.