Jacob’s Reviews > Death with Interruptions > Status Update

"Death did indeed work her fingers to the bone, because, of course, she is all bone. This is typical of phrases that become fixed in language, and which we continue to use until long after they've deviated from their original sense."

"We never consider that the things dogs know about us are things of which we have not the faintest notion."

"We've all had our moments of weakness, and if we manage to get through today without any, we'll be sure to have some tomorrow."

Saramago takes the view that most people, when aware of their impending doom via a note from death, live the remaining days in bacchanalian debauchery.

"As someone once said, Everything that can happen will happen, it's only a matter of time, and if we don't get to see it while we're around, it will be because we didn't live long enough."