“A stomach accustomed to hunger is satisfied with very little.” LittlesHungerSatisfiedStomachAccustomed Author:Jose Saramago
“It takes little or nothing to undo reputations, the merest trifle makes and remakes them, it is simply a question of finding the best means of engaging the confidence or interest of those who are to become one's unsuspecting echoes or accomplices.” MeanLittlesInterestFindingsReputationEchoesEngagingTriflesRemakesAccomplicesUnsuspecting Author:Jose Saramago
“Somewhere in the infinite that He occupies, God advances and withdraws the pawns of the other games He plays, but it is too soon to worry about this one, all He need do for the present is allow things to take their natural course, apart from the occasional adjustment with the tip of His little finger to make sure some stray thought or action does not interfere with the harmony of destinies.” NeedsLittlesDoePlayActionCoursesGamesNaturalDestinyWorryHarmonyInfiniteFingersInterfereOccasionalAdjustmentPawns Author:Jose Saramago
“I don't think it is worth explaining how a character's nose or chin looks. It is my feeling that readers will prefer to construct, little by little, their own characterthe author will do well to entrust the reader with this part of the work.” ThinkingWellsLooksLittlesCharacterFeelingsReaderNosesConstructsExplainingChins Author:Jose Saramago
“If I could repeat my childhood, I would repeat it exactly as it was, with the poverty, the cold, little food, with the flies and pigs, all that.” IfsLittlesPovertyChildhoodColdRepeatsIf I CouldPigs Author:Jose Saramago
“We're not short of movements proclaiming that a different world is possible, but unless we can coordinate them into an international movement, capitalism just laughs at all these little organisations.” WorldLittlesDifferentLaughingMovementCapitalismInternationalOrganisationDifferent WorldsProclaimingCoordinates Author:Jose Saramago
“In matters of feeling and of the heart, too much is always better than too little.” HeartLittlesMatterFeelingsToo Much Author:Jose Saramago
“Forgive me if what has seemed little to you, to me is all.” IfsLittlesForgivingForgive MeAcceptance Speech Author:Jose Saramago
“Can you imagine what Bush would say if someone like Hugo Chavez asked him for a little piece of land to install a military base, and he only wanted to plant a Venezuelan flag there?” IfsLittlesWantedPiecesImagineLandMilitaryPlantFlagsChavezVenezuelans Author:Jose Saramago
