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“ ...the human being to lack that second skin we call egoism has not yet been born, it lasts much longer than the other one, that bleeds so readily. ”

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Whether we like it or not, the one justification for the existence of all religions is death, they need death as much as we need bread to eat.

~ José Saramago

Because each of you has his or her own death, you carry it with you in a secret place from the moment you're born, it belongs to you and you belong to it.

~ José Saramago

The church has never been asked to explain anything, our speciality, along with ballistics, has always been the neutralisation of the overly curious mind through faith.

~ José Saramago

... we are only ever pretending to ourselves, never to other people ...

~ José Saramago