The purpose of torture is not getting information. It's spreading fear. Eduardo Galeano fearinformationpurpose Change image and share on social
I am quite prehistoric, absolutely prehistoric. Eduardo Galeano absolutelyprehistoric Change image and share on social
Each day has a story to - deserves to be told, because we are made of stories. I mean, scientists say that human beings are made of atoms, but a little bird told me that we are also made of stories. Eduardo Galeano atombeingbird Change image and share on social
Reality is very, very contradictory, and so I try to write just perfecting what I see, what I read, what I feel, in a feel-thinking way. Not only giving ideas, or receiving ideas, or trying to explain something, but mainly feel-thinking, a feel-thinking language able to tie the heart and the mind, which have been divorced. Eduardo Galeano contradictorydivorceexplain share on social
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 abyssbeginhaves Change image and share on social
Almost all wars, perhaps all, are trade wars connected with some material interest. They are always disguised as sacred wars, made in the name of God, or civilization or progress. But all of them, or almost all of the wars, have been trade wars. Eduardo Galeano civilizationconnectdisguise share on social
Always in all my books I'm trying to reveal or help to reveal the hidden greatness of the small, of the little, of the unknown - and the pettiness of the big. Eduardo Galeano bigbookgreatness Change image and share on social
The human murder by poverty in Latin America is secret. Every year, without making a sound, three Hiroshima bombs explode over communities that have become accustomed to suffering with clenched teeth. Eduardo Galeano accustomamericabomb Change image and share on social
So many stories, and to choose which ones to tell and how to tell them. The words, they will tap me on the shoulder and they will speak to me: 'Tell me! Tell me!' The stories choose me. Eduardo Galeano chooseshoulderspeak Change image and share on social
The world is organised by the war economy and the war culture. Eduardo Galeano cultureeconomyorganise Change image and share on social