“No one has committed so much sin in his life that he deserves to die twice.”

— José Saramago, book The Gospel According to Jesus Christ

Original: (pt) Ninguém na vida teve tantos pecados que mereça morrer duas vezes.
Source: The Gospel According to Jesus Christ (1991), p. 362

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