Explore Quotes by Gerald Durrell

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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