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Quote by Jose Saramago

“Today's bread does not eliminate yesterday's hunger, much less that of tomorrow.”

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Portuguese writer known for his unique narrative style and profound philosophical reflections. His notable works include 'The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis' and 'Blindness'. more

“Often when you ask for one thing you receive another, this is the mysterious thing about prayer, we address them to heaven with some private intention, but they choose their own path, sometimes they delay, allowing other prayers to overtake them, frequently they overlap and become hybrid prayers of dubious origin, which quarrel and argue among themselves.”

Sometimes Asks Heaven Prayer Path One Thing Intention Arguing Mysterious Addresses Allowing Delay Quarrels Hybrid Dubious Mysterious Things

Author:Jose Saramago

“In a king, modesty would be a sign of weakness.”

Would Be Kings Weakness Modesty

Author:Jose Saramago

“Ah, in every age there is always some new wonder to astound mankind until they grow accustomed to it and lose interest.”

Age Grows Interest Loses Wonder Mankind Accustomed

Author:Jose Saramago

“There is nothing that is truly free nor democratic enough. Make no mistake, the internet did not come to save the world.”

World Enough Mistake Internet Democratic Save The World

Author:Jose Saramago

“It is not pornography that is obscene, it is hunger that is obscene.”

Hunger Pornography Obscene

Author:Jose Saramago

“Sometimes I say that writing a novel is the same as constructing a chair: a person must be able to sit in it, to be balanced on it. If I can produce a great chair, even better. But above all I have to make sure that it has four stable feet.”

Ifs Writing Persons I Can Sometimes Able Novel Four Feet Produce Chairs Stable Balanced

Author:Jose Saramago

“We live in a very peculiar world. Democracy isn't discussed, as if it was taken for granted, as if democracy had taken God's place, who is also not discussed.”

Ifs World Democracy Taken Granted Peculiar Taken For Granted

Author:Jose Saramago

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