Quotes by James Herriot

“If having a soul means being able to feel love and loyalty and gratitude, then animals are better off than a lot of humans.”

“And the peace which I always found in the silence and emptiness of the moors filled me utterly”

“My mind went back to that picture in the obstetrics book. A cow standing in the middle of a gleaming floor while a sleek veterinary surgeon in a spotless parturition overall inserted his arm to a p...”

“I wish people would realize that animals are totally dependent on us, helpless, like children, a trust that is put upon us.”

“Cats are connoisseurs of comfort.”

“I have felt cats rubbing their faces against mine and touching my cheek with claws carefully sheathed. These things, to me, are expressions of love.”

“For years I used to bore my wife over lunch with stories about funny incidents.”

“I hope to make people realize how totally helpless animals are, how dependent on us, trusting as a child must that we will be kind and take care of their needs.”

“He straightened up. This was a tough one. He folded his arms across his chest as he stared into space and took the long inhalation I remembered so well, I could see that he was a big man again, his...”

“Nothing having evolved from his cogitations, his jaw jutted and he turned his face upwards, seeking further inspiration from the Ceiling. Alfred, I noticed, looked upward, too. There was a tense si...”

“[Wight] failed many of his classes on the first try: surgery, pathology, physiology, histology, even animal husbandry (which he failed twice)”