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Leslie is Gerry's second brother. He's 19 at the start of the novel and his primary interests are guns and hunting. He purchases a number of firearms over the course of the novel and takes part in hunting expeditions both on Corfu and on the Greek mainland. Gerry occasionally joins him on these expeditions. Leslie is of the mind that if one can hunt and sail, one can get by in life just fine. Gerry uses this belief to his advantage when he convinces Leslie to build him a boat for his birthday. Leslie is often at odds with Larry, given that Leslie has practical skills while Larry is irritatingly convinced that one can do anything, assuming one has the brain to think it through logically. This leads to a number of shenanigans as Larry either suggests or attempts to perform feats with guns or hunting that do actually require practice. Leslie loves regaling the family with tales of his hunting adventures, though nobody is particularly interested in listening. He is also terrified of snakes.
Leslie Durrell Quotes in My Family and Other Animals
The My Family and Other Animals quotes below are all either spoken by Leslie Durrell or refer to Leslie Durrell. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Part 1, Chapter 4
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"He appears to have only one interest," said Larry bitterly, "and that's this awful urge to fill things with animal life. I don't think he ought to be encouraged in that. Life is fraught with danger as it is. I went to light a cigarette only this morning and a damn great bumblebee flew out of the box."
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Part 1: Conversation
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"Don't be ridiculous. Whoever heard of moving into a larger house because you've invited some friends to stay?"
"What's the matter with the idea? It seems a perfectly sensible solution to me; after all, if you say there's no room here, the obvious thing to do is to move."
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Part 2, Chapter 11
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A pot of black paint was produced and laboriously, in rather trickly capitals, I traced her name along the side: THE BOOTLE-BUMTRINKET. There it was; not only an unusual name, but an aristocratically hyphenated one as well. In order to ease Mother's mind I had to promise that I would refer to the boat only as the Bootle in conversation with strangers.
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Part 3, Chapter 18
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"I assure you the house is a death-trap. Every conceivable nook and cranny is stuffed with malignant faunae waiting to pounce...A simple, innocuous action like lighting a cigarette is fraught with danger. Even the sanctity of my bedroom is not respected. First, I was attacked by a scorpion...Now we have snakes in the bath and huge flocks of albatrosses flapping around the house, making noises like defective plumbing."
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Leslie Durrell Quotes in My Family and Other Animals
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Part 1, Chapter 4
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"He appears to have only one interest," said Larry bitterly, "and that's this awful urge to fill things with animal life. I don't think he ought to be encouraged in that. Life is fraught with danger as it is. I went to light a cigarette only this morning and a damn great bumblebee flew out of the box."
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Part 1: Conversation
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"Don't be ridiculous. Whoever heard of moving into a larger house because you've invited some friends to stay?"
"What's the matter with the idea? It seems a perfectly sensible solution to me; after all, if you say there's no room here, the obvious thing to do is to move."
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Part 2, Chapter 11
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A pot of black paint was produced and laboriously, in rather trickly capitals, I traced her name along the side: THE BOOTLE-BUMTRINKET. There it was; not only an unusual name, but an aristocratically hyphenated one as well. In order to ease Mother's mind I had to promise that I would refer to the boat only as the Bootle in conversation with strangers.
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Part 3, Chapter 18
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"I assure you the house is a death-trap. Every conceivable nook and cranny is stuffed with malignant faunae waiting to pounce...A simple, innocuous action like lighting a cigarette is fraught with danger. Even the sanctity of my bedroom is not respected. First, I was attacked by a scorpion...Now we have snakes in the bath and huge flocks of albatrosses flapping around the house, making noises like defective plumbing."
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