“Words that come from the heart are never spoken, they get caught in the throat and can only be read in ones’s eyes.”
More from Jose Saramago
“Don’t be afraid, the darkness you’re in is no greater than the darkness inside your own…”
“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.”