I think we are blind. Blind people who can see, but do not see.

Quote by Jose Saramago

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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...

The world is governed by institutions that are not democratic - the World Bank, the...

The world is governed by institutions that are not democratic - the World Bank, the...

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?...

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...

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...

A human being is a being who is constantly 'under construction,' but also, in a...

A human being is a being who is constantly 'under construction,' but also, in a...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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.

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

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

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...