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1922–2010 Portugal
José de Sousa Saramago, GColSE (16 November 1922 – 18 June 2010) was a Portuguese novelist, poet, playwright and journalist. In 1995, he won the Camões Prize, and in 1998 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Portugal Nobel laureates Novelists Playwrights Poets Also known as: José de Sousa Saramago, Saramago, All the Names, Baltasar and Blimunda (1982), Blindness (1995), The Gospel According to Jesus Christ (1991)
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The difficult thing isn't living with other people, it's understanding them.
Blindness (1995)
If I'm sincere today, what does it matter if I regret it tomorrow?
Blindness (1995)
Words were not given to man in order to conceal his thoughts.
The Cave (2000)
Perhaps only in a world of the blind will things be what they truly are.
Blindness (1995)
At this time of life even a day makes a difference, the only saving grace is that sometimes things improve.
The Cave (2000)
Human nature is, by definition, a talkative one, imprudent, indiscreet, gossipy, incapable of closing its mouth and keeping it closed.
The Cave (2000)
Our biggest tragedy is not knowing what to do with our lives.
Every thing in life is a uniform; the only time our bodies are truly in civilian dress is when we’re naked.
The Cave (2000)
Lord knows why they depict death with wings when death is everywhere.
The Cave (2000)
Creating is always so much more stimulating than destroying.
The Cave (2000)
Earthenware is like people, it needs to be well treated.
The Cave (2000)
What the eye doesn’t see the heart doesn’t grieve over.
All the Names (1997)
In order to protect the physical hygiene and mental health of the living, we usually bury the dead.
All the Names (1997)
Don’t quibble with the king over pears, let him eat the ripe ones and give you the green ones.
The Cave (2000)
The best way to killing a rose is to force it open when it is still only the promise of a bud.
The Cave (2000)
Blindness is a private matter between a person and the eyes with which he or she was born.
Blindness (1995)
The only time we can talk about death is while we’re alive, not afterwards.
The Cave (2000)
Blind people do not need a name, I am my voice, nothing else matters.
Blindness (1995)
This is the stuff we're made of, half indifference and half malice.
Blindness (1995)
That it’s possible not to see a lie even when it’s in front of us.
All the Names (1997)
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