Fortunately, as human history has shown, it is not unusual for good to come out of evil, less is said about the evil that can come out of good, such are the contradictions of this world of ours, some warrant more consideration than others.


José Saramago, (b. 1922) is a Nobel-laureate Portuguese writer, playwright and journalist. Blindness by Jose Saramago. English translation 1997. p.191