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> [“The world,' he revealed, 'is a heap of people, a sea of tiny flames.' Each person shines with his or her own light. No two flames are alike. There are big flames and little flames, flames of every colour. Some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eduardo-hughes-galeano/the-world-he-revealed-is-a-heap-of-people-a-sea-of-tiny-flames-each/)

[Eduardo Hughes Galeano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eduardo-hughes-galeano/)

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## More by Eduardo Hughes Galeano

> [“Bacteria and viruses were the most effective allies.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eduardo-hughes-galeano/bacteria-and-viruses-were-the-most-effective-allies/)

[Eduardo Hughes Galeano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eduardo-hughes-galeano/)

> [“The Revolution is indeed living thorough the hard times of transition and sacrifice. The Cubans themselves have learned that socialism is built with clenched…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eduardo-hughes-galeano/the-revolution-is-indeed-living-thorough-the-hard-times-of-transition/)

[Eduardo Hughes Galeano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eduardo-hughes-galeano/)

> [“Here," an old sugar worker told me, "the people have a great love for martyrs--but only after they're dead. Before, there's nothing but complaints.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eduardo-hughes-galeano/here-an-old-sugar-worker-told-me-the-people-have-a-great-love-for/)

[Eduardo Hughes Galeano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eduardo-hughes-galeano/)

> [“Cuba,” he said in his resounding defense plea, “continues to be a producer of raw materials. We exhort sugar to import candy, we export…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eduardo-hughes-galeano/cuba-he-said-in-his-resounding-defense-plea-continues-to-be-a/)

[Eduardo Hughes Galeano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eduardo-hughes-galeano/)

> [“All I know is this: art is art, or it's shit”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eduardo-hughes-galeano/all-i-know-is-this-art-is-art-or-it-s-shit/)

[Eduardo Hughes Galeano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eduardo-hughes-galeano/)

> [“The world,' he revealed, 'is a heap of people, a sea of tiny flames.' Each person shines with his or her own light. No…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eduardo-hughes-galeano/the-world-he-revealed-is-a-heap-of-people-a-sea-of-tiny-flames-each/)

[Eduardo Hughes Galeano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eduardo-hughes-galeano/)

> [“The dreams were off on a trip. Helena went as far as the train station with them. She bade them farewell from the platform,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eduardo-hughes-galeano/the-dreams-were-off-on-a-trip-helena-went-as-far-as-the-train-station/)

[Eduardo Hughes Galeano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eduardo-hughes-galeano/)

> [“For sailors with a desire for wind, memory is a good port of departure.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eduardo-hughes-galeano/for-sailors-with-a-desire-for-wind-memory-is-a-good-port-of-departure/)

[Eduardo Hughes Galeano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eduardo-hughes-galeano/)

> [“If thats how it was done, and thats how it had always been done, there had to be a reason”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eduardo-hughes-galeano/if-thats-how-it-was-done-and-thats-how-it-had-always-been-done-there/)

[Eduardo Hughes Galeano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eduardo-hughes-galeano/)

> [“Grown on a grand scale, sugar spreads its blight on a grand scale and today unemployment and poverty are these islands' permanent guests.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eduardo-hughes-galeano/grown-on-a-grand-scale-sugar-spreads-its-blight-on-a-grand-scale-and/)

[Eduardo Hughes Galeano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eduardo-hughes-galeano/)

> [“In our day, this global offensive plays a well-defines role. Its aim is to justify te very unequal income distribution between countries and social…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eduardo-hughes-galeano/in-our-day-this-global-offensive-plays-a-well-defines-role-its-aim-is/)

[Eduardo Hughes Galeano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eduardo-hughes-galeano/)

> [“Latin America is the region of open veins. Everything from the discovery until our times, has always been transmuted into European--or later--United States-- capital,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eduardo-hughes-galeano/latin-america-is-the-region-of-open-veins-everything-from-the/)

[Eduardo Hughes Galeano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eduardo-hughes-galeano/)

> [“Along the way we have even lost the right to call ourselves Americans, although the Haitians and the Cubans appeared in history as new…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eduardo-hughes-galeano/along-the-way-we-have-even-lost-the-right-to-call-ourselves-americans/)

[Eduardo Hughes Galeano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eduardo-hughes-galeano/)

> [“The food of the minority is the hunger of the majority.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eduardo-hughes-galeano/the-food-of-the-minority-is-the-hunger-of-the-majority/)

[Eduardo Hughes Galeano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eduardo-hughes-galeano/)

> [“The Revolution, after discovering that it had confused the knife with the assassin, turned sugar, which had been responsible for underdevelopment, into an instrument…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eduardo-hughes-galeano/the-revolution-after-discovering-that-it-had-confused-the-knife-with/)

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