Gerald Durrell Quotes

In conservation, the motto should always be 'never say die'.

I shall always attribute my uncertain start in New Zealand to the fact that I was introduced too ear...

Until we consider animal life to be worthy of the consideration and reverence we bestow upon old boo...

High time he had another tutor,' said Larry. 'You leave the house for five minutes and come back and...

We all travelled light, taking with us only what we considered to be the bare essentials of life. Wh...

If naturalists go to heaven (about which there is considerable ecclesiastical doubt), I hope that I ...

Overflowing with the milk of human kindness, the family had invited everyone they could think of, in...

It's all your fault, Mother,' said Larry austerely; 'you shouldn't have brought us up to be so selfi...

She would seize every opportunity to dive into the bathroom, in a swirl of white towels, and once in...

Gradually the magic of the island [Corfu] settled over us as gently and clingingly as pollen.

Theodore had an apparently inexhaustible fund of knowledge about everything, but he imparted this kn...

My childhood in Corfu shaped my life. If I had the craft of Merlin, I would give every child the gif...

The gold and scarlet leaves that littered the countryside in great drifts whispered and chuckled amo...

I can't be expected to produce deathless prose in an atmosphere of gloom and eucalyptus.