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It is not enough that a man has clearness of vision, and reliance on sincerity, he must also have the art of expression, or he will remain obscure.
— George Henry Lewes
I do wish you wouldn't argue with me when I'm knitting.
— Gerald Durrell
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Gradually the magic of the island [Corfu] settled over us as gently and clingingly as pollen.
— Gerald Durrell
I can't be expected to produce deathless prose in an atmosphere of gloom and eucalyptus.
— Gerald Durrell
Aspirin is so good for roses, brandy for sweet peas, and a squeeze of lemon-juice for the fleshy flowers, like begonias.
— Gerald Durrell
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
A house is not a home until it has a dog.
— Gerald Durrell
The most wonderful, beautiful things in life are the simple things which we have all forgotten.
— Gerald Durrell
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
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
Zoos should concentrate more on the preservation side of things.
— Gerald Durrell
The uncivilized behavior of some human beings in a zoo has to be seen to be believed.
— Gerald Durrell
And you, are Ruin, the chosen Carnificem, and WOE is what you're all about, it's your purpose. Doom and Gloom. ~Caliber Creed
— Lucian Bane
Christianity stamped its character on jurisprudence; for empire has ever a connection with the priesthood.
— Baron De Montesquieu
There is no first world and third world. There is only one world, for all of us to live and delight in.
— Gerald Durrell
In conservation, the motto should always be 'never say die'.
— Gerald Durrell
Animals generally return the love you lavish on them by a swift bite in passing-not unlike friends and wives.
— Gerald Durrell
Because human nature will not deny its weaknesses, even where it is seemingly in the process of overcoming them.
— Joseph Roth
There is a pleasure sure In being mad, which none but madmen know.
Dryden, The Spanish Friar II, i — Gerald Durrell
I said I *liked* being half-educated; you were so much more *surprised* at everything when you were ignorant.
— Gerald Durrell
Overflowing with the milk of human kindness, the family had invited everyone they could think of, including people they cordially disliked.
— Gerald Durrell
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
They were maps that lived, maps that one could study, frown over, and add to; maps, in short, that really meant something.
— Gerald Durrell
What would that be like? To never have an identity of your own? No wonder they call him mad.
— A.G. Howard
But throughout my life I have rarely if ever achieved what I wanted by tackling it in a logical fashion.
— Gerald Durrell
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
