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Gerald Durrell quotes: I do wish you wouldn't argue with me when I'm knitting.

I do wish you wouldn't argue with me when I'm knitting.

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

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

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

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

Gerald Durrell quotes: Aspirin is so good for roses, brandy for sweet peas, and a squeeze of lemon-juice for the fleshy flowers, like begonias.

Aspirin is so good for roses, brandy for sweet peas, and a squeeze of lemon-juice for the fleshy flowers, like begonias.

Gerald Durrell quotes: All over the world the wildlife that I write about is in grave danger. It is being exterminated by what we call the progress of civilization.

All over the world the wildlife that I write about is in grave danger. It is being exterminated by what we call the progress of civilization.

Gerald Durrell quotes: A house is not a home until it has a dog.

A house is not a home until it has a dog.

Gerald Durrell quotes: 'All we need is a book,' roared Leslie; 'don't panic, hit 'em with a book.

'All we need is a book,' roared Leslie; 'don't panic, hit 'em with a book.

Gerald Durrell quotes: The most wonderful, beautiful things in life are the simple things which we have all forgotten.

The most wonderful, beautiful things in life are the simple things which we have all forgotten.

Gerald Durrell quotes: Erosion, desertification, and pollution have become our lot. It is a weird form of suicide, for we are bleeding our planet to death.

Erosion, desertification, and pollution have become our lot. It is a weird form of suicide, for we are bleeding our planet to death.

Gerald Durrell quotes: Ask the average person his views on snakes and he will, within the space of ten minutes, talk more nonsense than a brace of politicians.

Ask the average person his views on snakes and he will, within the space of ten minutes, talk more nonsense than a brace of politicians.

Gerald Durrell quotes: Zoos should concentrate more on the preservation side of things.

Zoos should concentrate more on the preservation side of things.

Gerald Durrell quotes: Animals generally return the love you lavish on them by a swift bite in passing-not unlike friends and wives.

Animals generally return the love you lavish on them by a swift bite in passing-not unlike friends and wives.

Gerald Durrell quotes: Overflowing with the milk of human kindness, the family had invited everyone they could think of, including people they cordially disliked.

Overflowing with the milk of human kindness, the family had invited everyone they could think of, including people they cordially disliked.

Gerald Durrell quotes: In conservation, the motto should always be 'never say die'.

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

Gerald Durrell quotes: There is no first world and third world. There is only one world, for all of us to live and delight in.

There is no first world and third world. There is only one world, for all of us to live and delight in.

Gerald Durrell quotes: The uncivilized behavior of some human beings in a zoo has to be seen to be believed.

The uncivilized behavior of some human beings in a zoo has to be seen to be believed.

Gerald Durrell quotes: I believe that all children should be surrounded by books and animals.

I believe that all children should be surrounded by books and animals.

Gerald Durrell quotes: There is a pleasure sure In being mad, which none but madmen know.Dryden, The Spanish Friar II, i

There is a pleasure sure
In being mad, which none but madmen know.
Dryden, The Spanish Friar II, i

Gerald Durrell quotes: I said I *liked* being half-educated; you were so much more *surprised* at everything when you were ignorant.

I said I *liked* being half-educated; you were so much more *surprised* at everything when you were ignorant.

Gerald Durrell quotes: My childhood in Corfu shaped my life. If I had the craft of Merlin, I would give every child the gift of my childhood.

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

Gerald Durrell quotes: They were maps that lived, maps that one could study, frown over, and add to; maps, in short, that really meant something.

They were maps that lived, maps that one could study, frown over, and add to; maps, in short, that really meant something.

Gerald Durrell quotes: But throughout my life I have rarely if ever achieved what I wanted by tackling it in a logical fashion.

But throughout my life I have rarely if ever achieved what I wanted by tackling it in a logical fashion.

Gerald Durrell quotes: So I went instead and tasted Taki's new white wine. Spiridion! what a wine ... like the blood of a dragon and smooth as a fish ...

So I went instead and tasted Taki's new white wine. Spiridion! what a wine ... like the blood of a dragon and smooth as a fish ...

Gerald Durrell quotes: Larry was always full of ideas about things of which he had no experience.

Larry was always full of ideas about things of which he had no experience.