No es un río Quotes

“Este hombre no es de este monte y el monte lo sabe. Pero lo deja. Que se meta,”
― Selva Almada, No es un río

“This man isn’t from these woods and the woods are well aware. But they leave him be. He can come in, he can stay for as long as it takes to gather kindling. Then the woods themselves will spit him out, his arms full of branches, back to the shore.”
― Selva Almada, No es un río

“Enero Rey, standing firm on the boat, stocky and beardless, swollen-bellied, legs astride, stares hard at the surface of the river and waits, revolver in hand. Tilo, the kid, aboard the same boat, leans back, the rod butt at his hip, turning the reel handle, tugging the line: a glittering thread in the waning sun. El Negro, fifty-something like Enero, alongside the boat, water up to his balls, leans back as well, red-faced from the sun and hard work, rod bent as he winds in and lets out the line. The spool spinning and his breath a kind of wheeze. The river pancake flat.”
― Selva Almada, Not a River

“Hacer fuego era su manera de sacar la rabia, de ponerla afuera de su pecho, como si les dijera: miren qué grande puede ser mi furia, cuidado que puede alcanzarlos.”
― Selva Almada, No es un río

“Abajo del bote, el río es más negro que la noche.”
― Selva Almada, No es un río

“Para Delia no había cosas de Dios ni cosas del diablo sino que era todo lo mismo: creencias de gente bruta.”
― Selva Almada, No es un río

“El dedo se fue casi atrás de Eusebio. A las pocas semanas de enterrar al amigo, al compadre, al hermano. Como si una parte suya, real y concreta, tuviera que morirse también.”
― Selva Almada, No es un río