Author: James Herriot

Quotes

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.

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

I love writing about my job because I loved it, and it was a particularly interesting one when I was a young man. It was like holidays with pay to me.

I love writing about my job because I loved it, and it was a particularly interesting one when I was a young man. It was like holidays with pay to me.

- James Herriot

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

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

- James Herriot

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

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

- 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.

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

- 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.

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

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