In Memoriam: Jose Saramago

José Saramago, Nobel prize winning novelist, died yesterday at age 87. In his honor here are some quotes that ring with deep truth and challenge...

Words were not given to man in order to conceal his thoughts.

What kind of world is this that can send machines to Mars and does nothing to stop the killing of a human being?

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

Human vocabulary is still not capable, and probably never will be, of knowing, recognizing, and communicating everything that can be humanly experienced and felt.

"Jose Saramago." BrainyQuote.com. Xplore Inc, 2010. 19 June. 2010. http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/j/jose_saramago_2.html