I had no books at home. I started to frequent a public library in Lisbon. It was there, with no help except curiosity and the will to learn, that my taste for reading developed and was refined.

Quote by Jose Saramago

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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,...

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 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.

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.

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...

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...

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 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...

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,...

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...

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 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...

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.

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...

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.

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...

The cruelest revenge of a woman is to remain faithful to a man.

The cruelest revenge of a woman is to remain faithful to a man.

Charm - which means the power to effect work without employing brute force - is...

Charm - which means the power to effect work without employing brute force - is...

Maybe some women aren't meant to be tamed. Maybe they just need to run free...

Maybe some women aren't meant to be tamed. Maybe they just need to run free...