The world had already changed before September 11. The world has been going through a process of change over the last 20 or 30 years. A civilization ends, another one begins.

Quote by Jose Saramago

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We're not short of movements proclaiming that a different world is possible, but unless we...

We're not short of movements proclaiming that a different world is possible, but unless we...

I can't imagine myself outside any kind of social or political involvement.

I can't imagine myself outside any kind of social or political involvement.

I am a person with leftist convictions, and always have been.

I am a person with leftist convictions, and always have been.

I am a better novelist than a poet, playwright, or essayist.

I am a better novelist than a poet, playwright, or essayist.

Society has to change, but the political powers we have at the moment are not...

Society has to change, but the political powers we have at the moment are not...

I had no books at home. I started to frequent a public library in Lisbon....

I had no books at home. I started to frequent a public library in Lisbon....

I am traveling less in order to be able to write more. I select my...

I am traveling less in order to be able to write more. I select my...

Americans have discovered the fragility of life, that ominous fragility that the rest of the...

Americans have discovered the fragility of life, that ominous fragility that the rest of the...

There are times when it is best to be content with what one has, so...

There are times when it is best to be content with what one has, so...

Americans have discovered fear.

Americans have discovered fear.

A human being is a being who is constantly 'under construction,' but also, in a...

A human being is a being who is constantly 'under construction,' but also, in a...

Human vocabulary is still not capable, and probably never will be, of knowing, recognizing, and...

Human vocabulary is still not capable, and probably never will be, of knowing, recognizing, and...

There are plenty of reasons not to put up with the world as it is.

There are plenty of reasons not to put up with the world as it is.

In effect I am not a novelist, but rather a failed essayist who started to...

In effect I am not a novelist, but rather a failed essayist who started to...

You never know beforehand what people are capable of, you have to wait, give it...

You never know beforehand what people are capable of, you have to wait, give it...

I think we are blind. Blind people who can see, but do not see.

I think we are blind. Blind people who can see, but do not see.

As citizens, we all have an obligation to intervene and become involved - it's the...

As citizens, we all have an obligation to intervene and become involved - it's the...

In the end we discover the only condition for living is to die.

In the end we discover the only condition for living is to die.

I do not just write, I write what I am. If there is a secret,...

I do not just write, I write what I am. If there is a secret,...

The problem is that the right doesn't need any ideas to govern, but the left...

The problem is that the right doesn't need any ideas to govern, but the left...