What is the most popular scene in the Bible? Adam and Eve biting the apple. It's not there. Eduardo Galeano adamapplebible Change image and share on social
The history of soccer is a sad voyage from beauty to duty. When the sport became an industry, the beauty that blossoms from the joy of play got torn out by its very roots. Eduardo Galeano beautyblossomduty Change image and share on social
We have a memory cut in pieces. And I write trying to recover our real memory, the memory of humankind, what I call the human rainbow, which is much more colorful and beautiful than the other one, the other rainbow. Eduardo Galeano beautifulcallcolorful share on social
The more the technocrats programme it down to the smallest detail, the more the powerful manipulate it, football continues to be the art of the unforeseeable. When you least expect it, the impossible occurs: the dwarf teaches the giant a lesson, and a scraggy, bow-legged black man makes an athlete sculpted in Greece look ridiculous. Eduardo Galeano artathleteblack share on social
If nature were a bank, they would have already rescued it. Eduardo Galeano banknaturerescue Change image and share on social
There is a tradition that sees journalism as the dark side of literature, with book writing at its zenith. I don't agree. I think that all written work constitutes literature, even graffiti. Eduardo Galeano agreebookconstitute Change image and share on social
There are some writers who feel they are elected by God. I am not. I am elected by the devil - this is clear. Eduardo Galeano cleardevilelect Change image and share on social
I am astonished each time I come to the U.S. by the ignorance of a high percentage of the population, which knows almost nothing about Latin America or about the world. It's quite blind and deaf to anything that may happen outside the frontiers of the U.S. Eduardo Galeano americaastonishblind share on social
The technocracy of professional sport has managed to impose a soccer of lightning speed and brute strength: a soccer that negates joy, kills fantasy and outlaws daring. Eduardo Galeano brutedarefantasy Change image and share on social