Cats are connoisseurs of comfort.
A farmer once told me one of the greatest luxuries of his life was to wake up early only to go back to sleep again.
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 in my life in study. Yet when I looked back on the last hour or so I could come to only one conclusion. I’d had more of books, but he had more of learning.
Old Herriot may be limited in some respects, but by God, he can wrap a cat.
I can’t bear it, Mr. Herriot. He was like a Christian was that pig, just like a Christian.
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 you decide to become a veterinary surgeon you will never grow rich, but you will have a life of endless interest and variety.
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.