James Herriot: Quotes about love

James Herriot was veterinary surgeon and writer. Explore interesting quotes on love.

James Herriot: 22 quotes 3 likes

“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

Source: All Creatures Great and Small

Love , Feeling , Soul , Animals

“There was no last animal I treated. When young farm lads started to help me over the gate into a field or a pigpen, to make sure the old fellow wouldn't fall, I started to consider retiring. The great moment was one day when I was stitching up a cow's teats--they often get cut, you know--and my glasses were sliding down my nose. Suddenly I thought, Wight, you're too old for this. But it was a gradual transition. I just did less and less. It must be terrible to have a job you very much love chopped off.”

James Herriot

Love , Help , Animals

“I love writing about my job because I loved it, and it was a particularly interesting one when I was a young man. It was like holidays with pay to me.”

James Herriot

Love , Holiday