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If I'm sincere today, what does it matter if I regret it tomorrow?
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sincerity
regrets
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Inside us there is something that has no name, that something is what we are.
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soul
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I don't think we did go blind, I think we are blind, Blind but seeing, Blind people who can see, but do not see.
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Chaos is merely order waiting to be deciphered.
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order
perception
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The difficult thing isn't living with other people, it's understanding them.
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José Saramago |
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Reading is probably another way of being in a place.
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reading
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Perhaps only in a world of the blind will things be what they truly are.
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Whether we like it or not, the one justification for the existence of all religions is death, they need death as much as we need bread to eat.
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human
religion
life
human-condition
existentialism
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You never know beforehand what people are capable of, you have to wait, give it time, it's time that rules, time is our gambling partner on the other side of the table and it holds all the cards of the deck in its hand, we have to guess the winning cards of life, our lives.
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time
life-and-living
time-passing
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Se podes olhar, ve. Se podes ver, repara.
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m 'S`b 'n ykwn lmr mbSran fy mjtm` '`m~
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fl`m~ hw 'yDan 'n t`ysh fy `lm n`dm fyh kl 'ml
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José Saramago |
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One cannot be too careful with words, they change their minds just as people do.
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José Saramago |
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Liking is probably the best form of ownership, and ownership the worst form of liking.
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liking
ownership
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Don't be afraid, the darkness you're in is no greater than the darkness inside your own body, they are two darknesses separated by a skin, I bet you've never thought of that, you carry a darkness about with you all the time and that doesn't frighten you...my dear chap, you have to learn to live with the darkness outside just as you learned to live with the darkness inside
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If we cannot live entirely like human beings, at least let us do everything in our power not to live entirely like animals.
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José Saramago |
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l '`tqd 'nn 'Sbn bl`m~, bl nHn `myn mn lbdy@. Ht~ lw kn nr~.. lm nkn Hqan nr~
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The worst pain ... isn't the pain you feel at the time, it's the pain you feel later on when there's nothing you can do about it, They say that time heals all wounds, But we never live long enough to test that theory ...
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time
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l lshbb y`rf m ystTy`, wl lshykhwkh@ tstTy` m t`rf.
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ndm ybd' shkhS m btnzlt SGyr@, fn lHy@ tfqd kl m`nh fy lnhy@ .
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José Saramago |
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We are so afraid of the idea of having to die... that we always try to find excuses for the dead, as if we were asking beforehand to be excused when it is our turn...
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José Saramago |
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lstu mryDan, kl m fy l'mr 'n kl shy yt`bny wyDjrny, hdhh lrtb@ lml`wn@, ltkrr, ltshbh.
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Se antes de cada acto nosso nos pusessemos a prever todas as consequencias dele, a pensar nelas a serio, primeiro as imediatas, depois as provaveis, depois as possiveis, depois as imaginaveis, nao chegariamos sequer a mover-nos de onde o primeiro pensamento nos tivesse feito parar.
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inspirational
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y lhn l`zyz, rHm rjlan 'nfqw '`mrhm fy tkhyl l'shy!!
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José Saramago |
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If, before every action, we were to begin by weighing up the consequences, thinking about them in earnest, first the immediate consequences, then the probable, then the possible, then the imaginable ones, we should never move beyond the point where our first thought brought us to a halt. The good and evil resulting from our words and deeds go on apportioning themselves, one assumes in a reasonably uniform and balanced way, throughout all th..
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immortality
deeds
forgiveness
consequences
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n 'rdt 'n tHZ~ bkhdm@ mmtz@ khdm nfsk bnfsk.
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José Saramago |
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As my cat would say, all hours are good for sleeping.
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José Saramago |
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Ha esperancas que e loucura ter. Pois eu digo-te que se nao fossem essas ja eu teria desistido da vida.
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ndm nlHZ ywman, 'nn lnstTy` f`l shy jyd wnf` fyjb 'n nmtlk lshj`@ ky nGdr hdh l`lm bbsT@
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Even death, faced with the option of death or life, she would choose life.
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life
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We never consider that the things dogs know about us are things of which we have not the faintest notion.
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José Saramago |
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you have to leave the island in order to see the island, that we can't see ourselves unless we become free of ourselves, Unless we escape from ourselves you mean, No, that's not the same thing.
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José Saramago |
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O homem primeiro tropeca, depois anda, depois corre, um dia voara.
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José Saramago |
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que seria de nos se nao sonhassemos.
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José Saramago |
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the only thing more terrifying than blindness is being the only one who can see.
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José Saramago |
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blindness is a private matter between a person and the eyes with which he or she was born.
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inspiration
privacy
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José Saramago |
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The history of mankind is the history of our misunderstandings with god, for he doesn't understand us, and we don't understand him.
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José Saramago |
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Words have their own hierarchy, their own protocol, their own artistic titles, their own plebeian stigmas.
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José Saramago |
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l'jwb@ l t'ty dy'man `nd lHj@ lyh
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José Saramago |
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the habit of falling hardens the body, reaching the ground, to in itself, is a relief.
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José Saramago |
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lS`wb@ ltkmn fy m`ysh@ lns nm fy fhmhm .
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José Saramago |
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Oh, I'm not just going too far, I've arrived.
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limits
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that's how life should be, when one person loses heart, the other must have heart and courage enough for both.
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perseverance
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ql bsr`@: 'n bkhyr shkr lk, hdh m nqwlh `ndm l nryd l`b dwr lD`f ljsdy, nqwl nn bkhyr, Hty lw kn nHtDr, w hdh mt`rf `lyh b'nh stjm` llshj`@, Zhr@ lm t`rf l ldy lbshr
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