Revenge Quotes in The Jungle Book

How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph) or (Chapter.Line)

Quote #7

"Shere Khan could never fast, even for the sake of revenge." (5.46)

Here we see another example of Shere Khan's incompetence. Mowgli plans his revenge on Shere Khan in about ten minutes. Shere Khan has had months to plot his revenge against Mowgli, but he can't even keep himself in good physical shape by fasting in order to do it.

Quote #8

"Now, once more, Akela," [Mowgli] cried. "Bring the herd in." (5.99)

Mowgli gets Akela to herd the buffalo into the man's village to wreak some havoc as a little payback for kicking him out.

Quote #9

"Those who kill snakes get killed by snakes." (9.43)

"Rikki-tikki-tavi" is a big story of revenge. Snakes don't let grudges go cold.