Gerald Durrell

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

— Gerald Durrell

#learning #surprise #wonder #education

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

#corfu #magic #merlin #family

Tea would arrive, the cakes squatting on cushions of cream, toast in a melting shawl of butter, cups agleam and a faint wisp of steam rising from the teapot shawl. ↗

— Gerald Durrell

#teatime #family

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

— Gerald Durrell

#greece #travel #family

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

— Gerald Durrell

#family

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

— Gerald Durrell

#family

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

— Gerald Durrell

#eucalyptus #gloom #prose #family

Zoos should concentrate more on the preservation side of things. ↗

— Gerald Durrell

#more #preservation #should #side #things

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

#being #call #civilization #danger #exterminated