We are born sad and we die sad, but meanwhile we love bodies whose sad beauty is a miracle.

When I have worries, fears or a love affair, I have the luck of being able to transform it into a poem.

Five minutes are enough to dream a whole life, that is how relative time is.

Generosity is the only legitimate selfishness.

We are born sad and we die sad, but meanwhile we love bodies whose sad beauty is a miracle.

Perfection is a polished collection of errors.

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.