Americans have discovered the fragility of life, that ominous fragility that the rest of the world either already experienced or is experiencing now with terrible intensity.

Quote by Jose Saramago

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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...

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 presume that nobody will deny the positive aspects of the North American cultural world....

I presume that nobody will deny the positive aspects of the North American cultural world....

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

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

I always ask two questions: How many countries have military bases in the United States?...

I always ask two questions: How many countries have military bases in the United States?...

The novel is not so much a literary genre, but a literary space, like a...

The novel is not so much a literary genre, but a literary space, like a...

Inside us there is something that has no name, that something is what we are.

Inside us there is something that has no name, that something is what we are.

The attitude of insolent haughtiness is characteristic of the relationships Americans form with what is...

The attitude of insolent haughtiness is characteristic of the relationships Americans form with what is...

I never appreciated 'positive heroes' in literature. They are almost always cliches, copies of copies,...

I never appreciated 'positive heroes' in literature. They are almost always cliches, copies of copies,...

It is difficult to understand these people who democratically take part in elections and a...

It is difficult to understand these people who democratically take part in elections and a...

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...

Abstention means you stayed at home or went to the beach. By casting a blank...

Abstention means you stayed at home or went to the beach. By casting a blank...

Beginning with adolescence, my political formation was oriented in the ideological direction of Marxism. It...

Beginning with adolescence, my political formation was oriented in the ideological direction of Marxism. It...

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...

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...

Americans have discovered fear.

Americans have discovered fear.

People live with the illusion that we have a democratic system, but it's only the...

People live with the illusion that we have a democratic system, but it's only the...

Words were not given to man in order to conceal his thoughts.

Words were not given to man in order to conceal his thoughts.

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...