--- title: "67 Gerald Durrell Quotes - Famous Writer (My Family and other Animals)" description: "Gerald Malcolm Durrell was a British naturalist, writer, zookeeper, conservationist, and television presenter. He was born in Jamshedpur in British Indi..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-gerald-durrell-38192.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Gerald Durrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-gerald-durrell-38192.jpg) # Gerald Durrell (1925–1995) Writer United Kingdom **67** quotes in **317** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Gerald Durrell was a writer from the United Kingdom, best known for *My Family and other Animals*. ## Quick Facts About Gerald Durrell Born January 7, 1925 Died January 30, 1995 Nationality United Kingdom Profession Writer Notable works My Family and other Animals Spouse Lee McGeorge Durrell ## About Gerald Durrell Gerald Malcolm Durrell was a British naturalist, writer, zookeeper, conservationist, and television presenter. He was born in Jamshedpur in British India, and moved to England when his father died in 1928. In 1935 the family moved to Corfu, and stayed there for four years, before the outbreak of World War II forced them to return to the UK. In 1946 he received an inheritance from his father's will that he used to fund animal-collecting trips to the British Cameroons and British Guiana. He married Jacquie Rasen in 1951; they had very little money, and she persuaded him to write an account of his first trip to the Cameroons. The result, titled The Overloaded Ark, sold well, and he began writing accounts of his other trips. An expedition to Argentina and Paraguay followed in 1953, and three years later he published My Family and Other Animals, which became a bestseller. ## Awards & Honors Officer of the Order of the British Empire Goncourt des animaux Order of the Golden Ark ## Quotes by Gerald Durrell > ['All we need is a book,' roared Leslie; 'don't panic, hit 'em with a book.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerald-durrell/all-we-need-is-a-book-roared-leslie-don-t-panic-hit-em-with-a-book/) [Gerald Durrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerald-durrell/) [Book](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/book/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c59/gerald-durrell-9611_book_all-we-need-is-a-book-roared-leslie-don_1851457.png) > [“It was due to this attitude of pomposity that he set the villa on fire. Leslie”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerald-durrell/it-was-due-to-this-attitude-of-pomposity-that-he-set-the-villa-on/) [Gerald Durrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerald-durrell/) [Pomposity](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/pomposity/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/125/gerald-durrell-9611_pomposity_it-was-due-to-this-attitude-of-pomposity_1113918.png) > [In conservation, the motto should always be 'never say die'.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerald-durrell/in-conservation-the-motto-should-always-be-never-say-die/) [Gerald Durrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerald-durrell/) [Conservation](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/conservation/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ce/gerald-durrell-9611_conservation_in-conservation-the-motto-should-always_2351963.png) > [“Larry was always full of ideas about things of which he had no experience.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerald-durrell/larry-was-always-full-of-ideas-about-things-of-which-he-had-no/) [Gerald Durrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerald-durrell/) [Experience](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/experience/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ded/gerald-durrell-9611_experience_larry-was-always-full-of-ideas-about-thi_534356.png) > [Zoos should concentrate more on the preservation side of things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerald-durrell/zoos-should-concentrate-more-on-the-preservation-side-of-things/) [Gerald Durrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerald-durrell/) [Animal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/animal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eca/gerald-durrell-9611_animal_zoos-should-concentrate-more-on-the-pres_1940525.png) > [I do wish you wouldn't argue with me when I'm knitting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerald-durrell/i-do-wish-you-wouldn-t-argue-with-me-when-i-m-knitting/) [Gerald Durrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerald-durrell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74b/gerald-durrell-9611_argue_i-do-wish-you-wouldn-t-argue-with-me-whe_938.png) > [A house is not a home until it has a dog.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerald-durrell/a-house-is-not-a-home-until-it-has-a-dog/) [Gerald Durrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerald-durrell/) [Animal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/animal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/59a/gerald-durrell-9611_animal_a-house-is-not-a-home-until-it-has-a-dog_2523500.png) > [“In my experience it is always the most innocent-looking creatures that can cause you the worst damage.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerald-durrell/in-my-experience-it-is-always-the-most-innocent-looking-creatures/) [Gerald Durrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerald-durrell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b9/gerald-durrell-9611_innocent_in-my-experience-it-is-always-the-most-i_1632436.png) > [Right in the Hart of the Africn Jungel a small wite man lives. Now there is one extraordinary fact about him that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerald-durrell/right-in-the-hart-of-the-africn-jungel-a-small-wite-man-lives-now-2/) [Gerald Durrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerald-durrell/) [Animal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/animal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e36/gerald-durrell-9611_animal_right-in-the-hart-of-the-africn-jungel-a_3140852.png) > [I said I \*liked\* being half-educated; you were so much more \*surprised\* at everything when you were ignorant.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerald-durrell/i-said-i-liked-being-half-educated-you-were-so-much-more-surprised-at/) [Gerald Durrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerald-durrell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb5/gerald-durrell-9611_educated_i-said-i-liked-being-half-educated-you-w_2047062.png) > [Aspirin is so good for roses, brandy for sweet peas, and a squeeze of lemon-juice for the fleshy flowers, like begonias.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerald-durrell/aspirin-is-so-good-for-roses-brandy-for-sweet-peas-and-a-squeeze-of/) [Gerald Durrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerald-durrell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c1/gerald-durrell-9611_aspirin_aspirin-is-so-good-for-roses-brandy-for_2106899.png) > [“She would seize every opportunity to dive into the bathroom, in a swirl of white towels, and once in there she was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerald-durrell/she-would-seize-every-opportunity-to-dive-into-the-bathroom-in-a/) [Gerald Durrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerald-durrell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/12a/gerald-durrell-9611_bathroom_she-would-seize-every-opportunity-to-div_2425103.png) > [I can't be expected to produce deathless prose in an atmosphere of gloom and eucalyptus.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerald-durrell/i-can-t-be-expected-to-produce-deathless-prose-in-an-atmosphere-of/) [Gerald Durrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerald-durrell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab5/gerald-durrell-9611_atmosphere_i-can-t-be-expected-to-produce-deathless_2354916.png) > [“Typical of the medical profession,’ said Larry bitterly. ‘They can’t even spot a disease until the patient is twice life size.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerald-durrell/typical-of-the-medical-profession-said-larry-bitterly-they-can-t-even/) [Gerald Durrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerald-durrell/) [Doctor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/doctor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f8/gerald-durrell-9611_doctor_typical-of-the-medical-profession-said-l_2572186.png) > [They were maps that lived, maps that one could study, frown over, and add to; maps, in short, that really meant something.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerald-durrell/they-were-maps-that-lived-maps-that-one-could-study-frown-over-and/) [Gerald Durrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerald-durrell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d39/gerald-durrell-9611_add_they-were-maps-that-lived-maps-that-one_229471.png) > [“In those days, living as we did in the country, without the dubious benefits of radio or television, we had to rely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerald-durrell/in-those-days-living-as-we-did-in-the-country-without-the-dubious/) [Gerald Durrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerald-durrell/) [Amusement](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/amusement/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d3/gerald-durrell-9611_amusement_in-those-days-living-as-we-did-in-the-co_989016.png) > [Remember that the animals and plants have no M.P. they can write to; they can't perform sit-down strikes or, indeed, strikes of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerald-durrell/remember-that-the-animals-and-plants-have-no-m-p-they-can-write-to/) [Gerald Durrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerald-durrell/) [Animal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/animal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f50/gerald-durrell-9611_animal_remember-that-the-animals-and-plants-hav_2295282.png) > [“He glanced about him to make sure we weren't overheard, leaned forward, and whispered, 'He collects stamps.' The family looked bewildered. 'You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerald-durrell/he-glanced-about-him-to-make-sure-we-weren-t-overheard-leaned-forward/) [Gerald Durrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerald-durrell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29c/gerald-durrell-9611_corfu_he-glanced-about-him-to-make-sure-we-wer_2017896.png) > [When man continues to destroy nature, he saws the very branch on which he sits since the rational protection of nature is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerald-durrell/when-man-continues-to-destroy-nature-he-saws-the-very-branch-on-which/) [Gerald Durrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerald-durrell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/432/gerald-durrell-9611_branches_when-man-continues-to-destroy-nature-he_3124487.png) > [“It's all your fault, Mother,' said Larry austerely; 'you shouldn't have brought us up to be so selfish.' 'I like that!' exclaimed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerald-durrell/it-s-all-your-fault-mother-said-larry-austerely-you-shouldn-t-have/) [Gerald Durrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerald-durrell/) [Children](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/children/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23e/gerald-durrell-9611_children_it-s-all-your-fault-mother-said-larry-au_366853.png) > [“My place is in the realm of ideas – the brainwork, as it were. I put my brain at your disposal for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerald-durrell/my-place-is-in-the-realm-of-ideas-the-brainwork-as-it-were-i-put-my/) [Gerald Durrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerald-durrell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c1/gerald-durrell-9611_ideas-brainwork_my-place-is-in-the-realm-of-ideas-the-br_1885969.png) > [We stared at the odd garment and wondered what it was for. 'What is it?' asked Larry at length. 'It's a bathing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerald-durrell/we-stared-at-the-odd-garment-and-wondered-what-it-was-for-what-is-it/) [Gerald Durrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerald-durrell/) [Costumes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/costumes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/503/gerald-durrell-9611_costumes_we-stared-at-the-odd-garment-and-wondere_427988.jpg) > [Until we consider animal life to be worthy of the consideration and reverence we bestow upon old books and pictures and historic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerald-durrell/until-we-consider-animal-life-to-be-worthy-of-the-consideration-and/) [Gerald Durrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerald-durrell/) [Animal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/animal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4cf/gerald-durrell-9611_animal_until-we-consider-animal-life-to-be-wort_781576.png) > [“Lying spread-eagled in the silky water, gazing into the sky, only moving my hands and feet slightly to keep afloat, I was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerald-durrell/lying-spread-eagled-in-the-silky-water-gazing-into-the-sky-only/) [Gerald Durrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerald-durrell/) [Astronomy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/astronomy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/70b/gerald-durrell-9611_astronomy_lying-spread-eagled-in-the-silky-water-g_468574.png) > [“Les, muttering wrathfully, hauled the bedclothes off the recumbent Larry and used them to smother the flames. Larry sat up indignantly. 'What…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerald-durrell/les-muttering-wrathfully-hauled-the-bedclothes-off-the-recumbent/) [Gerald Durrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerald-durrell/) [Fire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fire/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a0/gerald-durrell-9611_fire_les-muttering-wrathfully-hauled-the-bedc_1563682.png) > [“In those days, living as we did in the country, without the dubious benefits of radio or television, we had to rely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerald-durrell/in-those-days-living-as-we-did-in-the-country-without-the-dubious-2/) [Gerald Durrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerald-durrell/) [Better man](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/better-man/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e33/gerald-durrell-9611_better-man_in-those-days-living-as-we-did-in-the-co_2297124.png) > [The great ecosystems are like complex tapestries - a million complicated threads, interwoven, make up the whole picture. Nature can cope with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerald-durrell/the-great-ecosystems-are-like-complex-tapestries-a-million/) [Gerald Durrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerald-durrell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bce/gerald-durrell-9611_activity_the-great-ecosystems-are-like-complex-ta_681798.jpg) > [“Sometimes the fresh load of guests would turn up before we had got rid of the previous group, and the chaos was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerald-durrell/sometimes-the-fresh-load-of-guests-would-turn-up-before-we-had-got/) [Gerald Durrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerald-durrell/) [Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a61/gerald-durrell-9611_art_sometimes-the-fresh-load-of-guests-would_3039605.jpg) > [“Theodore had an apparently inexhaustible fund of knowledge about everything, but he imparted this knowledge with a sort of meticulous diffidence that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerald-durrell/theodore-had-an-apparently-inexhaustible-fund-of-knowledge-about/) [Gerald Durrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerald-durrell/) [Knowledge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/knowledge/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/153/gerald-durrell-9611_knowledge_theodore-had-an-apparently-inexhaustible_864161.png) > [“The Daffodil-Yellow Villa The new villa was enormous, a tall, square Venetian mansion, with faded daffodil-yellow walls, green shutters, and a fox-red…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerald-durrell/the-daffodil-yellow-villa-the-new-villa-was-enormous-a-tall-square/) [Gerald Durrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerald-durrell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/40c/gerald-durrell-9611_corfu_the-daffodil-yellow-villa-the-new-villa_1375136.jpg) > [Among the myrtles the mantids moved, lightly, carefully, swaying slightly, the quintessence of evil. They were lank and green, with chinless faces…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerald-durrell/among-the-myrtles-the-mantids-moved-lightly-carefully-swaying/) [Gerald Durrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerald-durrell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/838/gerald-durrell-9611_arms_among-the-myrtles-the-mantids-moved-ligh_2699512.png) > [“I have attempted to draw an accurate and unexaggerated picture of my family in the following pages; they appear as I saw…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerald-durrell/i-have-attempted-to-draw-an-accurate-and-unexaggerated-picture-of-my/) [Gerald Durrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerald-durrell/) [Family](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/family/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e77/gerald-durrell-9611_family_i-have-attempted-to-draw-an-accurate-and_2736041.png) > [“No sooner were they drowsing pleasantly than the Magenpies would start the food call, one doing the hiccoughs while the other did…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerald-durrell/no-sooner-were-they-drowsing-pleasantly-than-the-magenpies-would/) [Gerald Durrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerald-durrell/) [Bird](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bird/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/25e/gerald-durrell-9611_bird_no-sooner-were-they-drowsing-pleasantly_638891.png) > [“The family were arranged on the veranda under the grapevine, each occupied with his or her own affairs. Mother was knitting, counting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerald-durrell/the-family-were-arranged-on-the-veranda-under-the-grapevine-each/) [Gerald Durrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerald-durrell/) [Family](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/family/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/424/gerald-durrell-9611_family_the-family-were-arranged-on-the-veranda_1000067.png) > [“At length the Turk turned to Larry: 'You write, I believe?' he said with complete lack of interest. Larry's eyes glittered. Mother,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerald-durrell/at-length-the-turk-turned-to-larry-you-write-i-believe-he-said-with/) [Gerald Durrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerald-durrell/) [Fear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fear/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/460/gerald-durrell-9611_fear_at-length-the-turk-turned-to-larry-you-w_3005045.jpg) > [“We all travelled light, taking with us only what we considered to be the bare essentials of life. When we opened our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerald-durrell/we-all-travelled-light-taking-with-us-only-what-we-considered-to-be/) [Gerald Durrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerald-durrell/) [Books](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/books/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc9/gerald-durrell-9611_books_we-all-travelled-light-taking-with-us-on_1795610.png) > [“Ah, you may sit under them, yes. They cast a good shadow, cold as well-water; but that's the trouble, they tempt you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerald-durrell/ah-you-may-sit-under-them-yes-they-cast-a-good-shadow-cold-as-well/) [Gerald Durrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerald-durrell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/040/gerald-durrell-9611_corfu_ah-you-may-sit-under-them-yes-they-cast_941046.jpg) > [Right in the Hart of the Africn Jungel a small wite man lives. Now there is one xtrordenry fackt about him that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerald-durrell/right-in-the-hart-of-the-africn-jungel-a-small-wite-man-lives-now/) [Gerald Durrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerald-durrell/) [Animal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/animal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/378/gerald-durrell-9611_animal_right-in-the-hart-of-the-africn-jungel-a_2295514.png) > [All over the world the wildlife that I write about is in grave danger. It is being exterminated by what we call…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerald-durrell/all-over-the-world-the-wildlife-that-i-write-about-is-in-grave-danger/) [Gerald Durrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerald-durrell/) [Animals](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/animals/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/729/gerald-durrell-9611_animals_all-over-the-world-the-wildlife-that-i-w_1905040.png) > [“I liked being half-educated; you were so much more surprised at everything when you were ignorant.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerald-durrell/i-liked-being-half-educated-you-were-so-much-more-surprised-at/) [Gerald Durrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerald-durrell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b0/gerald-durrell-9611_educated_i-liked-being-half-educated-you-were-so_3012401.png) ## Gerald Durrell by topic [Animal (10)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/animal/gerald-durrell/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerald-durrell/#itemlist", "name": "Gerald Durrell Quotes", "numberOfItems": 40, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "'All we need is a book,' roared Leslie; 'don't panic, hit 'em with a book.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Gerald Durrell" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerald-durrell/all-we-need-is-a-book-roared-leslie-don-t-panic-hit-em-with-a-book/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c59/gerald-durrell-9611_book_all-we-need-is-a-book-roared-leslie-don_1851457.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c59/gerald-durrell-9611_book_all-we-need-is-a-book-roared-leslie-don_1851457.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c59/gerald-durrell-9611_book_all-we-need-is-a-book-roared-leslie-don_1851457.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“'All we need is a book,' roared Leslie; 'don't panic, hit 'em with a book.” — Gerald Durrell", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“It was due to this attitude of pomposity that he set the villa on fire. 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