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 DurrellTea 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 DurrellGradually the magic of the island [Corfu] settled over us as gently and clingingly as pollen.
Gerald DurrellErosion, desertification, and pollution have become our lot. It is a weird form of suicide, for we are bleeding our planet to death.
Gerald Durrell