“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…you have to learn to live with the darkness outside just as you learned to live with the darkness inside.”
More from Jose Saramago
“Words that come from the heart are never spoken, they get caught in the throat and can…”
“One cannot be too careful with words, they change their minds just as people do.”
“The difficult thing isn’t living with other people, it’s understanding them.”
“Forgive me if what has seemed little to you, to me is all.”