Marrying Off Mother Quotes

“- Es uz kapu vainagiem skatos ļoti nopietni, - Larijs aizrādīja. - Amerikā tos Ziemassvētkos karina uz durvīm. Pieņemu, ka tāpēc, lai atgādinātu - cik labi, ka vēl neesam zem tiem.”
― Gerald Durrell, Marrying Off Mother: And Other Stories

“My creatures, each in its own way, abused me, reviled me, slandered me and condemned me out of hand for being five minutes late with their food.”
― Gerald Durrell, Marrying Off Mother: And Other Stories

“Spiro, we have a problem,' he confessed. It was like saying 'walkies' to a bull mastiff.”
― Gerald Durrell, Marrying Off Mother: And Other Stories

“I took an instant liking to Miss Melancholy Delight. She looked like a bulldog who has - by mistake - been put through a washing machine. Nevertheless, I felt that any woman who had survived through life being called Melancholy Delight demanded my masculine support.”
― Gerald Durrell, Marrying Off Mother: And Other Stories