Creating is always so much more stimulating than destroying. — José Saramago

"Age carries with it a double load of guilt,"

"Where do begin, he asked, Where you always have to begin, at the beginning,"

"My country is the Portuguese language."

"Ah, who will write the history of what might have been?"

"A man must read widely, a little of everything or whatever he can, but given the shortness of life and the verbosity of the world, not too much should be demanded of him. Let him begin with those titles no one should omit, commonly referred to as books for learning, as if not all books were for learning, and this list will vary according to the fount of knowledge one drinks from and the authority that monitors its flow."

"Abençoem-se antes um ao outro, é quanto basta, pudessem ser todas as bênçãos como essa."