James Herriot

James Herriot

"This old man had once told me that he left school when he was twelve, whereas I had spent most of the twenty-four years in my life in study. Yet when I looked back on the last hour or so I could come to only one conclusion. I'd had more of books, but he had more of learning."
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"This old man had once told me that he left school when he was twelve, whereas I had spent most of the twenty-four years in my life in study. Yet when I looked back on the last hour or so I could come to only one conclusion. I'd had more of books, but he had more of learning."
James Herriot All Things Wise and Wonderful
"For years I used to bore my wife over lunch with stories about funny incidents."
James Herriot
"I wish people would realize that animals are totally dependent on us, helpless, like children, a trust that is put upon us."
James Herriot
"Cats are connoisseurs of comfort."
James Herriot
"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."
James Herriot
"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."
James Herriot
"And the peace which I always found in the silence and emptiness of the moors filled me utterly"
James Herriot
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