“ Gradually the magic of the island [Corfu] settled over us as gently and clingingly as pollen. ”
If naturalists go to heaven (about which there is considerable ecclesiastical doubt), I hope that I will be furnished with a troop of kakapo to amuse me in the evening instead of television.
~ Gerald Durrell
It's all your fault, Mother,' said Larry austerely; 'you shouldn't have brought us up to be so selfish.' 'I like that!' exclaimed Mother. 'I never did anything of the sort!' 'Well, we didn't get as selfish as this without some guidance,' said Larry.
I said I *liked* being half-educated, you were so much more *surprised* at everything when you were ignorant.
My childhood in Corfu shaped my life. If I had the craft of Merlin, I would give every child the gift of my childhood.
