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 brother Leslie complained that it was like eating the upholstery out of a Greek bus.”
― 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