# Quote — José Saramago, All The Names

> The bread was dry and hard, only a scraping of butter was left, he was out of milk, all he had was some rather mediocre coffee, as we know, a man who had never found a woman who would love him enough to agree to join him in this hovel, such a man, apart from rare exceptions which have no place in this story, will never be more than a poor devil, it's odd that we always say poor devil and never poor god, [...]

- Author: [José Saramago](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jose-saramago.md)
- Book: [All The Names](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jose-saramago/all-the-names.md)
- Page: 100
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Saramago#All_the_Names_(1997)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/jose-saramago/all-the-names/the-bread-was

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