I became a connoisseur of that nasty thud a manuscript makes when it comes through the letter box.

Quote by James Herriot

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I am never at my best in the early morning, especially a cold morning in...

I am never at my best in the early morning, especially a cold morning in...

I will write another book if I feel like it.

I will write another book if I feel like it.

I could do terrible things to people who dump unwanted animals by the roadside.

I could do terrible things to people who dump unwanted animals by the roadside.

For years I used to bore my wife over lunch with stories about funny incidents.

For years I used to bore my wife over lunch with stories about funny incidents.

Cats are connoisseurs of comfort

Cats are connoisseurs of comfort

They can't find my house now because I keep it very quiet where I live.

They can't find my house now because I keep it very quiet where I live.

If a farmer calls me to a sick animal, he couldn't care less if I...

If a farmer calls me to a sick animal, he couldn't care less if I...

I think it was the fact that I liked it so much that made the...

I think it was the fact that I liked it so much that made the...

Cats are connoisseurs of comfort.

Cats are connoisseurs of comfort.

I hope to make people realize how totally helpless animals are, how dependent on us,...

I hope to make people realize how totally helpless animals are, how dependent on us,...

If having a soul means being able to feel love and loyalty and gratitude, then...

If having a soul means being able to feel love and loyalty and gratitude, then...

I was helped by having a verbatim memory of what happened years ago, even if...

I was helped by having a verbatim memory of what happened years ago, even if...

I love writing about my job because I loved it, and it was a particularly...

I love writing about my job because I loved it, and it was a particularly...

I wish people would realize that animals are totally dependent on us, helpless, like children,...

I wish people would realize that animals are totally dependent on us, helpless, like children,...

There was no last animal I treated. When young farm lads started to help me...

There was no last animal I treated. When young farm lads started to help me...

I have felt cats rubbing their faces against mine and touching my cheek with claws...

I have felt cats rubbing their faces against mine and touching my cheek with claws...