Human vocabulary is still not capable, and probably never will be, of knowing, recognizing, and communicating everything that can be humanly experienced and felt.

Quote by Jose Saramago

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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...

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...

Look what happened with the employment law in France-the law was withdrawn because the people...

Look what happened with the employment law in France-the law was withdrawn because the people...

Things will be very bad for Latin America. You only have to consider the ambitions...

Things will be very bad for Latin America. You only have to consider the ambitions...

The world had already changed before September 11. The world has been going through a...

The world had already changed before September 11. The world has been going through a...

It is economic power that determines political power, and governments become the political functionaries of...

It is economic power that determines political power, and governments become the political functionaries of...

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...

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.

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.

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

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

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...

This is how everyone has to begin, men who have never known a woman, women...

This is how everyone has to begin, men who have never known a woman, women...

Perhaps it is the language that chooses the writers it needs, making use of them...

Perhaps it is the language that chooses the writers it needs, making use of them...

I am not a prophet.

I am not a prophet.

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...

What kind of world is this that can send machines to Mars and does nothing...

What kind of world is this that can send machines to Mars and does nothing...

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?...

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

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

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.