I am not a prophet.

Quote by Jose Saramago

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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...

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

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

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...

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 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.

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.

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,...

Can you imagine what Bush would say if someone like Hugo Chavez asked him for...

Can you imagine what Bush would say if someone like Hugo Chavez asked him for...

I am the same person I was before receiving the Nobel Prize. I work with...

I am the same person I was before receiving the Nobel Prize. I work with...

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.

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...

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...

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....

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

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

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...

A man's gotta make at least one bet a day, else he could be walking...

A man's gotta make at least one bet a day, else he could be walking...

It's like gambling somehow. You go out for a night of drinking and you don't...

It's like gambling somehow. You go out for a night of drinking and you don't...

Baby Boomers will have different gambling habits than other seniors because they have more disposable...

Baby Boomers will have different gambling habits than other seniors because they have more disposable...

When I'm living in the world of luxury and celebrity, which is where I found...

When I'm living in the world of luxury and celebrity, which is where I found...

I have liked remembering almost as much as I have liked living

I have liked remembering almost as much as I have liked living

There is a story that when incoming jets throttle back for the approach to Belfast's...

There is a story that when incoming jets throttle back for the approach to Belfast's...