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Quotes from Two in the Bush — Gerald Durrell

1925–1995 England

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We have inherited an incredibly beautiful and complex garden, but the trouble is that we have been appallingly bad gardeners.

Two in the Bush (1966)

The attitude of the average person to the world they live in is completely selfish.

Two in the Bush (1966)

By and large, by asking the question "what use is it?" you are asking the animal to justify its existence without having justified your own.

Two in the Bush (1966)

We now stand so aloof from nature that we think we are God. This has always been a dangerous supposition.

Two in the Bush (1966)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Gerald Durrell (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.