And there was that letter from the Bramleys—that really made me feel good. You don’t find people like the Bramleys now; radio, television and the motorcar have carried the outside world into the most isolated places so that the simple people you used to meet on the lonely farms are rapidly becoming like people anywhere else. There are still a few left, of course—old folk who cling to the ways of their fathers and when I come across any of them I like to make some excuse to sit down and talk with them and listen to the old Yorkshire words and expressions which have almost disappeared.
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 t… - 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 t…
- 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. I hope to make people rea… - 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. I hope to make people rea…
No animal is a better judge of comfort than a cat. - James Herriot
No animal is a better judge of comfort than a cat.
I could do terrible things to people who dump unwanted animals by the roadside. - James Herriot
I could do terrible things to people who dump unwanted animals by the roadside.
If you decide to become a veterinary surgeon you will never grow rich, but you will have a life of endless interest and variety. - James Herriot
If you decide to become a veterinary surgeon you will never grow rich, but you will have a life of endless interest and variety.
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 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 seem to have spent a good part of my life - probably too much – in just standing and staring. - James Herriot
I seem to have spent a good part of my life - probably too much – in just standing and staring.
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 like i… - James Herriot
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 like i…
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
If having a soul means being able to feel love and loyalty and gratitude, then animals are better off than a lot of humans.
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