The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle Quotes

“I don't believe in a lot of baggage. It's such a nuisance. Life's too short to fuss with it. And it isn't really necessary”
― Hugh Lofting, The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle

“time for tea.”
― Hugh Lofting, The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle

“Great decisions often take no more than a moment in the making.”
― Hugh Lofting, The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle

“It certainly was a most beautiful insect. It was pale blue underneath; but its back was glossy black with huge red spots on it.”
― Hugh Lofting, The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle

“Most of them were champions at spoiling good food.”
― Hugh Lofting, The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle

“easy”
― Hugh Lofting, The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle

“plain,”
― Hugh Lofting, The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle

“we”
― Hugh Lofting, The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle

“landscape, it was a”
― Hugh Lofting, The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle

“are they given in exchange for the glory of an African sunrise, for the twilight breeze whispering through the palms, for the green shade of the matted, tangled vines, for the cool, big-starred nights of the desert, for the patter of the waterfall after a hard day's hunt? What, I ask you, are they given in exchange for THESE? Why, a bare cage with iron bars; an ugly piece of dead meat thrust in to them once a day; and a crowd of fools to come and stare at them with open mouths!—No, Stubbins. Lions and tigers, the Big Hunters, should never, never be seen in zoos.”
― Hugh Lofting, The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle