Jose Saramago Quotes

I believe myself to be the type of person who does not complicate his life. I have always lived my life without dramatizing things, whether the good things that have happened to me or the bad. I simply live those moments.

Jose Saramago

• Life
• Good
• Believe
• Live
• Bad
• Moments

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• I believe myself to be the type of person who does not complicate his life. I have always lived my life without dramatizing things, whether the good things that have happened to me or the bad. I simply live those moments.

  

  Jose Saramago
  • Life
  • Good
  • Believe