We are what we do, especially what we do to change what we are.

- Eduardo Galeano

I don't believe in charity. I believe in solidarity. Charity is so vertical. It goes from the top to the bottom. Solidarity is horizontal. It respect…

- Eduardo Galeano

I can't sleep. There is a woman stuck between my eyelids. I would tell her to get out if I could. But there is a woman stuck in my throat

- Eduardo Galeano

We are all mortal until the first kiss and the second glass of wine.

- Eduardo Galeano

Utopia is on the horizon. I move two steps closer; it moves two steps further away. I walk another ten steps and the horizon runs ten steps further a…

- Eduardo Galeano

Richness in the world is a result of other people's poverty. We should begin to shorten the abyss between haves and have-nots.

- Eduardo Galeano

In 1492, the natives discovered they were indians, discovered they lived in America, discovered they were naked, discovered that the Sin existed, dis…

- Eduardo Galeano

History never really says goodbye. History says, see you later.

- Eduardo Galeano

I am not particularly interested in saving time; I prefer to enjoy it.

- Eduardo Galeano