“Usually they looked past me hopefully and some even went and peered into the car to see if the man they really wanted was hiding in there. And it was uphill work examining an animal when its owner was chafing… — James Herriot Copy Share Image
That quotation about not having time to stand and stare has never applied to me. I seem to have spent a good part of… — James Herriot Copy Share Image
“I went back to my conversation with Siegfried that morning; we had just about decided that the man with a lot of animals couldn't… — James Herriot Copy Share Image
If a farmer calls me to a sick animal, he couldn't care less if I were George Bernard Shaw. — James Herriot Copy Share Image
“... a bullock, backing in alarm from the halter, crashed its craggy behind into my midriff. The wind shot out of me in a… — James Herriot Copy Share Image
“You know, Mrs Pumphrey, you're overfeeding him again. Didn't I tell you to cut out all those pieces of cake and give him more… — James Herriot Copy Share Image
I hope to make people realize how totally helpless animals are, how dependent on us, trusting as a child must that we will be… — James Herriot Copy Share Image
“But Siegfried held up a restraining hand. “Just one moment,” he slurred. “The windscreen is very dirty. I’ll give it a rub for you.”… — James Herriot Copy Share Image
“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… — James Herriot Copy Share Image
And the peace which I always found in the silence and emptiness of the moors filled me utterly — James Herriot Copy Share Image
A farmer once told me one of the greatest luxuries of his life was to wake up early only to go back to sleep… — James Herriot Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
Animals are unpredictable things, and so our life is unpredictable. It's a long tale of little triumphs and disasters and you've got to really… — James Herriot Copy Share Image
I think it was the fact that I liked it so much that made the writing just come out of me automatically. — James Herriot Copy Share Image
