“Left alone, human beings are a plague. They multiply relentlessly, consuming every resource, destroying everything they touch.”

“Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being”

“It destroys one's nerves to be amiable every day to the same human being.”

“My world, my Earth is a ruin. A planet spoiled by the human species. We multiplied and fought and gobbled until there was nothing left, and then we died. We controlled neither appetite nor violence; we did not adapt. We destroyed ourselves. But we destroyed the world first.”

“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, and as such has accumulated on distant centers of power. Everything: the soil, its fruits nad its mineral-rich depths, the people and their capacity to work and to consume, natural resources and human resources.”

“Each of us is responsible for everything and to every human being.”