"As he does everything else," Ralph remarked philosophically, as he stripped off his stinking shirt, and flung it into the far corner.

"Oh, none of them are impossible if you're a good ship," 422 remarked philosophically.

"The dispatcher called in sick this morning," he remarked philosophically.

Nothing will change yesterday, Orlith remarked philosophically.

'It's a helluva way to start the day,' Lieutenant Commander Edward Simpson R.N. remarked philosophically before he finally kicked his crazy command into astern gear.

"Sticks and stones will break my bones," Marrow's skull remarked philosophically, "but names will never hurt me."

"Don't nobody ever want it to rain," the nearest of the sellers of beasts remarked philosophically, "but everybody wants to go on eatin'."

"We're all socialists nowadays," he remarked philosophically, "and I haven't the faintest intention of disputing your right of way."

Saramago also digresses from the story frequently, occasionally even in the first person, remarking philosophically on the significance of images, objects or situations encountered in the story.

"At least we're all safe," Sandy remarked philosophically.