When man continues to destroy nature, he saws the very branch on which he sits since the rational protection of nature is at the same time the protection of mankind

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.

The great ecosystems are like complex tapestries - a million complicated threads, interwoven, make up the whole picture. Nature can cope with small rents in the fabric; it can even, after a time, cope with major disasters like floods, fires, and earthquakes. What nature cannot cope with is the steady undermining of its fabric by the activities of man.

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.

A house is not a home until it has a dog.

In conservation, the motto should always be 'never say die'.

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