Jose Saramago

"For human words are like shadows, and shadows are incapable of explaining light and between shadow and light there is the opaque body from which words are born."

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Source: Blindness by Jose Saramago, (p. 2), 1995.

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Jose Saramago

Jose Saramago

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Jose Saramago was a Portuguese novelist known for his thought-provoking works, including 'Blindness,' which explore themes of truth and human nature.

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