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Quotes from The History of the Siege of Lisbon — José Saramago

1922–2010 Portugal

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Every novel is like this, desperation, a frustrated attempt to save something of the past. Except that it still has not been established whether it is the novel that prevents man from forgetting himself or the impossibility of forgetfulness that makes him write novels.

The History of the Siege of Lisbon (1989)

Let's be guided by norms based on consensus and authority obvious as it is that any variation in the authority varies the consensus, You give no leeway, Because there can be no leeway, we live cooped up in a room and paint the world and the universe on its walls.

The History of the Siege of Lisbon (1989)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: José Saramago (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.