Each part in itself constitutes the whole to which it belongs. — José Saramago

The young have the ability, but lack the wisdom, and the old have the wisdom, but lack the ability.

Life is like that, full of words that are not worth saying or that were worth saying once but not any more, each word that we utter will take up the space of another more deserving word not deserving in its own right, but because of the possible consequences of saying it.

Where do begin, he asked, Where you always have to begin, at the beginning,