Quotes from Days and Nights of Love and War

“Yo quería dar todo antes de que la muerte llegase, quedarme vacío, para que la hija de puta no encontrara nada que llevarse.”
― Eduardo Galeano, quote from Days and Nights of Love and War

“La memoria sabe de mí más que yo; y ella no pierde lo que merece ser salvado.”
― Eduardo Galeano, quote from Days and Nights of Love and War

“La muerte, que un par de veces me tomó y me soltó, a menudo me llama todavía y yo la mando a la puta madre que la parió.”
― Eduardo Galeano, quote from Days and Nights of Love and War

“El poder -dicen- es como un violín. Se toma con la izquierda y se toca con la derecha.”
― Eduardo Galeano, quote from Days and Nights of Love and War

“¿Cuántas veces he sido un dictador? ¿Cuántas veces un inquisidor, un censor, un carcelero? ¿Cuántas veces he prohibido, a quienes más quería, la libertad y la palabra? ¿De cuántas personas me he sentido dueño? ¿A cuántas he condenado porque cometieron el delito de no ser yo?...”
― Eduardo Galeano, quote from Days and Nights of Love and War

“Las cosas me acompañan y se van. Las tengo de noche, las pierdo de día. No estoy preso de las cosas; ellas no deciden nada.”
― Eduardo Galeano, quote from Days and Nights of Love and War

“Cuando regresaron, el escultor les mostró el caballo terminado.

Y uno de los niños, con los ojos muy abiertos, le preguntó:

-Pero... ¿Cómo sabías que adentro de aquella piedra había un caballo?”
― Eduardo Galeano, quote from Days and Nights of Love and War

“Cada uno entra en la muerte de un modo que se le parece. Algunos, en silencio, caminando en puntillas; otros, reculando; otros, pidiendo perdón o permiso. Hay quien entra discutiendo o exigiendo explicaciones y hay quien se abre paso en ella a las trompadas y puteando. Hay quien la abraza.”
― Eduardo Galeano, quote from Days and Nights of Love and War

“Hacía pocos años que yo había perdido a Dios. Se me había roto el espejo. Dios tenía los mismos rasgos que yo le ponía y decía las palabras que yo esperaba. Mientras fui niño me puso a salvo de la duda y de la muerte. Había perdido a Dios y no me reconocía en los demás.”
― Eduardo Galeano, quote from Days and Nights of Love and War

“No es necesario saber leer y escribir para escuchar la radio de transistores o mirar la televisión y recibir el cotidiano mensaje que enseña a aceptar el dominio del más fuerte y a confundir la personalidad con un automóvil, la dignidad con un cigarrillo y la felicidad con una salchicha.”
― Eduardo Galeano, quote from Days and Nights of Love and War

“A veces, se me da por sentir que la alegría es un delito de alta traición, y que soy culpable del privilegio de seguir vivo y libre.”
― Eduardo Galeano, quote from Days and Nights of Love and War

“... Kırık bir kalple dolaşanlarımızın sayısının çok fazla olduğunu biliyorum, ama her türlü olumsuzluğa rağmen gerçek sevgiye ulaşmak için cesur olmak gerekir. Şimdi bunun, hayattaki diğer birçok şey gibi, öğrenilmesi gerektiğini düşünüyorum. Eğer ölümü düşünmeden yaşamak istiyorsak, öğrenerek öleceğiz.”
― Eduardo Galeano, quote from Days and Nights of Love and War

“Quería decirle: me siento solo, yo perseguidor, perro que ladra a la luna, pero no sé qué carajo me salía de la boca en lugar de palabras. Creo que tartamudeaba disparates, como ser: pureza, sagrado, culpa, hambre de magia. Llegué a convencerme de que había nacido equivocado de siglo o de planeta.”
― Eduardo Galeano, quote from Days and Nights of Love and War

“Lo único libre son los precios. En nuestras tierras, Adam Smith necesita a Mussolini. Libertad de inversiones, libertad de precios, libertad de cambios: cuanto más libres andan los negocios, más presa está la gente. La prosperidad de pocos maldice a todos los demás. ¿Quién conoce una riqueza que sea inocente? En tiempos de crisis, ¿no se vuelven conservadores los liberales, y fascistas los conservadores? ¿Al servicio de quiénes cumplen su tarea los asesinos de personas y países? Orlando”
― Eduardo Galeano, quote from Days and Nights of Love and War

“sistema El torturador es un funcionario. El dictador es un funcionario. Burócratas armados, que pierden su empleo si no cumplen con eficiencia su tarea. Eso, y nada más que eso. No son monstruos extraordinarios. No vamos a regalarles esa grandeza.”
― Eduardo Galeano, quote from Days and Nights of Love and War

“Perdí varias cosas en Buenos Aires. Por el apuro o la mala suerte, nadie sabe adónde fueron a parar. Salí con un poco de ropa y un puñado de papeles. No me quejo. Con tantas personas perdidas, llorar por las cosas sería como faltarle el respeto al dolor. Vida”
― Eduardo Galeano, quote from Days and Nights of Love and War

“hombres y mujeres que me aumentaron el alma.”
― Eduardo Galeano, quote from Days and Nights of Love and War

“Como ves, soy jodido para querer. La mayor parte del tiempo, me basta con hacerlo. Sé que no es suficiente. Somos muchos los que andamos con el cariño estropeado, pero hay que tener valor para sacarlo de adentro con estropeaduras y todo. Me parece ahora que es algo que hay que aprender, como tantas cosas en la vida. Nos moriremos aprendiendo, si queremos vivir distraídos del morir.” Me”
― Eduardo Galeano, quote from Days and Nights of Love and War

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