Horacio Quiroga Quotes

“But when he approached the tortoise, he saw that it was already badly hurt and that his head was almost separated from its neck. In spite of how hungry he was, the man felt sorry for the poor tortoise, so he dragged it with a rope to the place where he had built his palm-leaf shelter.”

“The tortoise then went down to the pond where she found a small turtle shell. After cleaning it with sand and ash, the tortoise filled the shell with water and gave it to the man_who was lying on his blanket dying of thirst.”

“When the jaguar saw the man, it let out a fierce roar and leapt toward him. But the hunter, who had very good aim, pointed his gun at the jaguar and shot it right between the eyes.”

“And because you have such good aim with a shotgun, you can hunt small animals and bring me their hides, and I will pay you in advance so that your little siblings can eat well.”

“A place where snakes throw glamorous parties with flamingos, stingrays join forces to fight off man-eating jaguars, and a giant tortoise carries a wounded man on its shell for hundreds of kilometers to bring him to safety.”

“You are my friend, and you are a good, hard-working man. As a favor to me, I ask that you go to live in the jungle and exercise often in the clean air so you will feel better.”

“He was very happy because he was a wealthy and hard-working man. But one day he became sick, and the doctors old him that only a trip to the country could cure him.”

“The man didn’t want to go, because he had younger siblings who relied on him for food and shelter; and so the man got sicker and sicker with each passing day, until one of his friends, who was the manager of the Buenos Aires Zoo, said something to him....”

“The sick man accepted the offer, and left home to live in the jungle far away - even farther than Misiones. It was very hot and this made the man feel better...He lived alone in the jungle and cooked for himself.”

“He ate birds and small animals that he haunted with his shotgun, and also wild fruits...He made bundles of the animals hides and carried them on his shoulders. He also caught many poisonous snakes and carried them in a large mate...”