“ There has always been a 'and this is where I come in' feeling about a night call. And as my lights swept the cobbles of the deserted market place it was there again, a sense of returning to fundamenta… 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. 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
“ That quotation about not having time to stand and stare has never applied to me. I seem to have spent a good part of my life - probably too much - in just standing and staring and I was at it again th… James Herriot
“ But cruel fate had not finished with us yet. My colleague’s gasps and grunts from the rear ceased for a moment to be replaced by a horrified shriek. The bloody thing’s shitting, Jim! She’s shitting ev… James Herriot
“ A bullock, backing in alarm from the halter, crashed its craggy behind into my midriff. The wind shot out of me in a sharp hiccup, then the animal decided to turn round in the narrow passage, squashin… James Herriot
“ Mind. So much for Herriot as a judge of character. I couldn’t have been more wrong, but Paul had fought his secret battle with a courage which had deceived everybody. James Herriot
“ Every day lasts a year. I never enjoy anything. And every morning when I wake up I dread having to face the world again. James Herriot
“ And the peace which I always found in the silence and emptiness of the moors filled me utterly James Herriot
“ Life was full for me. There were so many things to find out and a lot I had to prove to myself. The days were quick and challenging and they pressed on me with their very newness. But it all stopped h… James Herriot
“ He devoted a considerable amount of his acute intelligence to the cause of doing as little as possible. James Herriot
“ Everybody was asleep. Everybody except me, James Herriot, creeping sore and exhausted towards another spell of hard labour. Why the hell had I ever decided to become a country vet? I must have been cr… James Herriot
“ Without warning, the thermometer disappeared from my fingers. Some sudden suction had drawn it inside the cow. I ran my fingers round just inside the rectum—nothing; I pushed my hand inside without su… James Herriot
“ Parents are never sure that they have done the right thing. They can only do what they think is right. James Herriot
“ Uncle was aghast. You don’t know him! Well you’re the only one as doesn’t. They think the world of him in Listondale, I can tell you. He lapsed into a shocked silence and applied a match to his pipe. James Herriot
