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. Mario Benedetti More Quotes by Mario Benedetti More Quotes From Mario Benedetti Five minutes are enough to dream a whole life, that is how relative time is. Mario Benedetti minutes enough dream Perfection is a polished collection of errors. Mario Benedetti collections errors perfection We are born sad and we die sad, but meanwhile we love bodies whose sad beauty is a miracle. Mario Benedetti born miracle body When I have worries, fears or a love affair, I have the luck of being able to transform it into a poem. Mario Benedetti able luck worry After all Death is a Symbol that there was Life. Mario Benedetti symbols life Generosity is the only legitimate selfishness. Mario Benedetti selfishness generosity I think the only positive thing that came from Uruguays dictatorship was the spread of Montevideo natives around the world, and I continued writing about them from my various places of exile. Mario Benedetti writing world thinking The real influence on my work was reality, that of my country and Latin America in general. Mario Benedetti real latin country My first two books did nada. I ended up paying the publishers. Mario Benedetti two book firsts I do not write for the reader to come, but for him who is here, short of reading the text on my shoulder. Mario Benedetti shoulders reading writing 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. Mario Benedetti day god life believe
