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James Herriot Quotes: I seem to have spent a good part of my life - probably too much – in just standing and staring.
         

I seem to have spent a good part of my life - probably too much – in just standing and staring.


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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.



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.



Cats are connoisseurs of comfort.

Cats are connoisseurs of comfort.



If you decide to become a veterinary surgeon you will never grow rich, but you will have a life of endless interest and variety.

If you decide to become a veterinary surgeon you will never grow rich, but you will have a life of endless interest and variety.



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 it to stick it.

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 it to stick it.



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.



No animal is a better judge of comfort than a cat.

No animal is a better judge of comfort than a cat.



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.



Dogs like to obey. It gives them security.

Dogs like to obey. It gives them security.



And the peace which I always found in the silence and emptiness of the moors filled me utterly

And the peace which I always found in the silence and emptiness of the moors filled me utterly





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