Horacio Quiroga

“Nature does not forgive those who forget her power.”

“In the tropics, death is always just around the corner.”

“The short story is a arrow that must hit the target in a single flight.”

“There is no better school of literature than the jungle.”

“The writer must learn to kill his darlings.”

“Man is always a stranger in the wilderness.”

“The wild does not forgive mistakes.”

“In the jungle, the struggle for survival is the only law.”

“Nature is indifferent to human suffering.”

“The jungle is a world where death lurks at every step.”