I am the same person I was before receiving the Nobel Prize. I work with the same regularity, I have not modified my habits, I have the same friends.

Quote by Jose Saramago

Topics: Friends Quotes

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

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

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...

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...

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....

Look what happened with the employment law in France-the law was withdrawn because the people...

Look what happened with the employment law in France-the law was withdrawn because the people...

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.

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...

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...

I am not a prophet.

I am not a prophet.

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...

The period that I could consider the most important in my literary work came about...

The period that I could consider the most important in my literary work came about...

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,...

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

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

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....

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.

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...

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...

Kindness is a language the dumb can speak and the deaf can hear and understand.

Kindness is a language the dumb can speak and the deaf can hear and understand.

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.

The cow is nothing but a machine which makes grass fit for us people to...

The cow is nothing but a machine which makes grass fit for us people to...

An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind.

An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind.