The attitude of insolent haughtiness is characteristic of the relationships Americans form with what is alien to them, with others.
Jose Saramago

There are times when it is best to be content with what one has, so as not to lose everything.
Jose Saramago

Inside us there is something that has no name, that something is what we are.
Jose Saramago

I am not a prophet.
Jose Saramago

Americans have discovered fear.
Jose Saramago

I do not just write, I write what I am. If there is a secret, perhaps that is it.
Jose Saramago

There are plenty of reasons not to put up with the world as it is.
Jose Saramago

I am a person with leftist convictions, and always have been.
Jose Saramago