Gerald Durrell Quotes - Page 2

• Right in the Hart of the Africn Jungel a small wite man lives. Now there is one extraordinary fact about him that he is the frind of all animals.

  Gerald Durrell

  Animal, Men, Hart

  "Gerald Durrell: An Authorized Biography". Book by Douglas Botting, 1999.

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• We stared at the odd garment and wondered what it was for. 'What is it?' asked Larry at length. 'It's a bathing costume, of course,' said Mother. 'What on earth did you think it was?' 'It looks like a badly skinned whale,' said Larry, peering at it closely.

  Gerald Durrell

  Mother, Thinking, Whales

  Gerald Durrell (2017). “My Family and Other Animals”, p.109, Penguin UK

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• Why keep in touch with them? That's what I want to know,' asked Larry despairingly. 'What satisfaction does it give you? They're all either fossilized or mental.' 'Indeed, they're not mental,' said Mother indignantly. 'Nonsense, Mother... Look at Aunt Bertha, keeping flocks of imaginary cats... and there's Great-Uncle Patrick, who wanders about nude and tells complete strangers how he killed whales with a penknife...They're all bats.

  Gerald Durrell

  Mother, Uncles, Cat

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

  Gerald Durrell

  Book, Needs, Ems

  Gerald Durrell, Lee Durrell (1996). “The best of Gerald Durrell”, Harpercollins

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

  Gerald Durrell

  Knitting, Wish, Arguing

  Gerald Durrell (2006). “The Corfu Trilogy”, p.251, Penguin UK

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