William Henry Hudson

“A man with a gun is a killer.”

“He had a face like a benediction.”

“In my heart, I am a pagan.”

“But the desire of the man is for the woman, and the desire of the woman is for the desire of the man.”

“Have you ever observed a humming-bird moving about in an aerial dance among the flowers, a living prismatic gem that changes its colour with every change of position.”

“You cannot fly like an eagle with the wings of a wren.”

“I am not a lover of lawns. Rather would I see a single stalk of chicory just coming into bloom than a whole acre of lawn.”

“To me, and to all of us who were born and lived on the pampas, the owl had a strange fascination.”

“We are not Englishmen. We are not Americans. We are Argentines.”

“For the child, the august father is the representative of the Deity, if not the Deity Himself.”

“The naturalist is a civilized man in the savage state.”

“The sense of beauty is God's best gift to mankind.”