José Saramago Quote

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.

I don't believe in God, I don't need it, and besides, I'm a good person.

José Saramago

We are the memory we have and the responsibility we assume. Without memory, we do not exist, and without responsibility, perhaps we do not deserve to exist.

José Saramago

Words are just stones placed across the river's current. If they are there, it is so that we can reach the other bank, the other bank is what matters.

José Saramago

Writers live off the unhappiness of the world. In a happy world, there would be no writers.

José Saramago
Art

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

José Saramago

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

José Saramago

Our only defense against death is love.

José Saramago

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

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

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

José Saramago

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