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> [My first two books did nada. I ended up paying the publishers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mario-benedetti/my-first-two-books-did-nada-i-ended-up-paying-the-publishers/)

[Mario Benedetti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mario-benedetti/)

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## More by Mario Benedetti

> [We are born sad and we die sad, but meanwhile we love bodies whose sad beauty is a miracle.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mario-benedetti/we-are-born-sad-and-we-die-sad-but-meanwhile-we-love-bodies-whose-sad/)

[Mario Benedetti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mario-benedetti/)

> [“Sé que voy a quererte sin preguntas sé que vas a quererme sin respuestas.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mario-benedetti/s-que-voy-a-quererte-sin-preguntas-s-que-vas-a-quererme-sin-respuestas/)

[Mario Benedetti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mario-benedetti/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mario-benedetti/an-intellectual-s-weapon-is-writing-but-sometimes-people-react-as-if/)

[Mario Benedetti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mario-benedetti/)

> [“No me importa ser un átomo del último piojo de su Reino, pero me importa que Dios esté a mi alcance, me importa asirlo,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mario-benedetti/no-me-importa-ser-un-tomo-del-ltimo-piojo-de-su-reino-pero-me-importa/)

[Mario Benedetti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mario-benedetti/)

> [“Me tomó de un brazo y me dijo, casi apoyándose en mí: ¿Sabés lo que te pasa? Que no vas a ninguna parte.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mario-benedetti/me-tom-de-un-brazo-y-me-dijo-casi-apoy-ndose-en-m-sab-s-lo-que-te/)

[Mario Benedetti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mario-benedetti/)

> [“Tambien siento un leve resquemor frente a lo cursi, y a mi lo cursi me parece justamente eso: andar simpre con el corazon en…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mario-benedetti/tambien-siento-un-leve-resquemor-frente-a-lo-cursi-y-a-mi-lo-cursi-me/)

[Mario Benedetti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mario-benedetti/)

> [“No comprendo y basta. No quiero pensar en todo esto”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mario-benedetti/no-comprendo-y-basta-no-quiero-pensar-en-todo-esto/)

[Mario Benedetti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mario-benedetti/)

> [“Hay fantasías que me prometi y desgraciadamente no he cumplido y otras que me cumplí sin prometérmelas”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mario-benedetti/hay-fantas-as-que-me-prometi-y-desgraciadamente-no-he-cumplido-y/)

[Mario Benedetti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mario-benedetti/)

> [“Hay menos tiempo que lugar, no obstante, hay lugares que duran un minuto y para cierto tiempo no ha lugar. ”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mario-benedetti/hay-menos-tiempo-que-lugar-no-obstante-hay-lugares-que-duran-un/)

[Mario Benedetti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mario-benedetti/)

> [“Un encanto de tipo. ¿Por qué no se morirá?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mario-benedetti/un-encanto-de-tipo-por-qu-no-se-morir/)

[Mario Benedetti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mario-benedetti/)

> [“My tactic is to look at you To learn how you are Love you as you are My tactic is to talk to you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mario-benedetti/my-tactic-is-to-look-at-you-to-learn-how-you-are-love-you-as-you-are/)

[Mario Benedetti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mario-benedetti/)

> [My first two books did nada. I ended up paying the publishers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mario-benedetti/my-first-two-books-did-nada-i-ended-up-paying-the-publishers/)

[Mario Benedetti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mario-benedetti/)

> [“Uno no siempre hace lo que quiere, uno no siempre puede, por eso estoy aquí, mirándote y echándote de menos”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mario-benedetti/uno-no-siempre-hace-lo-que-quiere-uno-no-siempre-puede-por-eso-estoy/)

[Mario Benedetti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mario-benedetti/)

> [I think the only positive thing that came from Uruguays dictatorship was the spread of Montevideo natives around the world, and I continued writing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mario-benedetti/i-think-the-only-positive-thing-that-came-from-uruguays-dictatorship/)

[Mario Benedetti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mario-benedetti/)

> [“Lo que más me gusta de vos es algo que no habrá tiempo capaz de quitártelo.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mario-benedetti/lo-que-m-s-me-gusta-de-vos-es-algo-que-no-habr-tiempo-capaz-de-quit/)

[Mario Benedetti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mario-benedetti/)

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