Milena Parteli

“RESURRECTION OF DJANGO He was born in a gypsy caravan and spent his early years on the road in Belgium, playing the banjo for a dancing bear and a goat. He was eighteen when his wagon caught fire and he was left for dead. He lost a leg, a hand. Goodbye road, goodbye music. But as they were about to amputate, he regained the use of his leg. And from his lost hand he managed to save two fingers and become one of the best jazz guitarists in history. There was a secret pact between Django Reinhardt and his guitar. If he would play her, she would lend him the fingers he lacked.”
― Eduardo Galeano, Mirrors: Stories of Almost Everyone

“Fear of living, fear of falling, fear of losing your job, your car, your home, your possessions, fear of never having what you ought to have in order to be. In the widespread clamor for public security, imperiled by lurking criminal monsters, the members of the middle class shout loudest. They defend order as if they owned it, even though they’re only tenants overwhelmed by high rents and the threat of eviction.”
― Eduardo Galeano, Upside Down: A Primer for the Looking-Glass World

“Ne mogu spavati. Jedna mi se žena ispriječila između kapaka. Kad bih mogao, rekao bih joj da ode: ali jedna mi se žena ispriječila u grlu.”
― Eduardo Galeano, The Book of Embraces

“Na kraju krajeva, mi smo ono što činimo kako bismo promijenili ono što jesmo.”
― Eduardo Galeano, The Book of Embraces