The similar | José Saramago

Talking about the past is one of the easiest things that can be done, everything is written, it is enough to repeat, to speak like parrots, to verify through books what students write in exercises or what they say in oral tests, while we are talking about a present that explodes in our faces every minute, we talk about it every day of the year and sail in the river of history towards the high point or near it, we strive hard to understand better and better the sequence of events that brought us to where we are now, and this is something completely different, it requires a lot of effort, it demands perseverance and diligence, as it is necessary to keep the rope spinning at all times while avoiding breaking it.