# Quote — José Saramago, All The Names

> when you are old and realize that time is running out, you start imagining that you have the cure for all the ills of the world in your hand, and get frustrated because no one pays you any attention,

- 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: 172
- 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/when-you-are

## More from this book

> a waiting, stagnant darkness, thick and silent as the ocean deeps

p. 107 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jose-saramago/all-the-names/a-waiting-stagnant.md)

> What the eye doesn’t see the heart doesn’t grieve over.

p. 185 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jose-saramago/all-the-names/what-the-eye.md)

> No life is without its lies.

p. 172 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jose-saramago/all-the-names/no-life-is-without.md)