119 Quotes by Mario Benedetti

Que os justos avancemAvancemAinda que sejam imperfeitosE estejam feridos

...Sí/ la patria está allá como está aquíallá diseminada en pedacitosaquí pidiendo que la conservemosen todos los centímetros que somos

Tratar de asimilar un país que no es el mismo, y sobre todo comprender por qué yo tampoco soy el mismo.

...los jóvenes emigran pero a veces les vieneun dolor en el pecho que se llama nostalgiacuando reciben cartas de aquel barrio lejanotienen listo un secante para chupar las lágrimasalgunos resolvieron quedarse pese a todootros dijeron basta para siemprehay jóvenes que emigran / dicen chaulos que se quedan tiemblan en silencio.

I think the only positive thing that came from Uruguay's dictatorship was the spread of Montevideo natives around the world, and I continued writing about them from my various places of exile.

An intellectual's weapon is writing, but sometimes people react as if it were a firearm. A writer can do a lot to change the situation, but as far as I know, no dictatorship has fallen because of a sonnet.

I believe life is a parenthesis between two nothings. I'm an atheist. I believe in a personal God, which is conscience, and that's what we must be accountable to every day.

Generosity is the only legitimate selfishness.

An intellectuals weapon is writing, but sometimes people react as if it were a firearm. A writer can do a lot to change the situation, but as far as I know, no dictatorship has fallen because of a sonnet.