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José Saramago
Portuguese writer and recipient of the 1998 nobel prize in literature.
Born November 16th, 1922 in Golegã, Azinhaga. [ref]
Died June 18th, 2010 at 87 years old in Tías, Las Palmas, Lanzarote (leukemia). [ref]
There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition, and of unspeakable love. Washington Irving