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James Herriot Quote: “Finally they got me in, half lying across the back seat. My face was pressed against the side window and from the outside it must have been a grotesque sight with the nose squashed sideways and a solitary dead-mackerel eye staring sightlessly into the night.”

101. “Finally they got me in, half lying across the back seat. My face was pressed against the side window and from the outside it must have been a grotesque sight with the nose squashed sideways and a solitary dead-mackerel eye staring sightlessly into the night.”

— James Herriot

James Herriot Quote: “I thought of the object lesson which I thought he had given me, but in fact it was a lesson of another kind and one which I have never forgotten; that there are countless people like Paul who are not what they seem.”

102. “I thought of the object lesson which I thought he had given me, but in fact it was a lesson of another kind and one which I have never forgotten; that there are countless people like Paul who are not what they seem.”

— James Herriot

James Herriot Quote: “He farmed some of the best land in the lower Dale, his shorthorns won prizes regularly at the shows but he was nobody’s friend. Mr. Bateson, his neighbour to the north, summed it up: “That feller ’ud skin a flea for its hide.” Mr. Dickon, his neighbour to the south, put it differently: “If he gets haud on a pound note, by gaw it’s a prisoner.”

103. “He farmed some of the best land in the lower Dale, his shorthorns won prizes regularly at the shows but he was nobody’s friend. Mr. Bateson, his neighbour to the north, summed it up: “That feller ’ud skin a flea for its hide.” Mr. Dickon, his neighbour to the south, put it differently: “If he gets haud on a pound note, by gaw it’s a prisoner.”

— James Herriot

James Herriot Quote: “As if by instinct I made my way into the long marquee which housed the produce section. Surely among those quiet rows of vegetables I would find repose.”

104. “As if by instinct I made my way into the long marquee which housed the produce section. Surely among those quiet rows of vegetables I would find repose.”

— James Herriot

James Herriot Quote: “Remember to wear your identity discs at all times. We had two prangs last week – couple of fellers burned beyond recognition and neither of ’em was wearing his discs. We didn’t know who they were.”

105. “Remember to wear your identity discs at all times. We had two prangs last week – couple of fellers burned beyond recognition and neither of ’em was wearing his discs. We didn’t know who they were.”

— James Herriot

James Herriot Quote: “Maybe ye don’t know it, Mr. Herriot, but this is the best time of your life.’ ‘Do you think so?’ ‘Aye, there’s no doubt about it. When your children are young and growin’ up around ye – that’s when it’s best. It’s the same for everybody, only a lot o’ folk don’t know it and a lot find out when it’s too late. It doesn’t last long, you know.”

106. “Maybe ye don’t know it, Mr. Herriot, but this is the best time of your life.’ ‘Do you think so?’ ‘Aye, there’s no doubt about it. When your children are young and growin’ up around ye – that’s when it’s best. It’s the same for everybody, only a lot o’ folk don’t know it and a lot find out when it’s too late. It doesn’t last long, you know.”

— James Herriot

James Herriot Quote: “But I’m having the agony. I’ve been dreading this happening for so long. I haven’t been able to sleep for thinking about it. It seems so cruel and unjust for this to strike a helpless animal – a little creature who’s never done anybody any harm.”

107. “But I’m having the agony. I’ve been dreading this happening for so long. I haven’t been able to sleep for thinking about it. It seems so cruel and unjust for this to strike a helpless animal – a little creature who’s never done anybody any harm.”

— James Herriot

James Herriot Quote: “Looking at him, a picture of health and contentment, my mind went back to his mother. Was it too much to think that that dying little creature with the last of her strength had carried her kitten to the only haven of comfort and warmth she had ever known in the hope that it would be cared for there? Maybe it was.”

108. “Looking at him, a picture of health and contentment, my mind went back to his mother. Was it too much to think that that dying little creature with the last of her strength had carried her kitten to the only haven of comfort and warmth she had ever known in the hope that it would be cared for there? Maybe it was.”

— James Herriot

James Herriot Quote: “When a lonely, penniless old woman dies people don’t rush up to you in the street to tell you.”

109. “When a lonely, penniless old woman dies people don’t rush up to you in the street to tell you.”

— James Herriot

James Herriot Quote: “Yet what made him trail down the hillside every day in all weathers? Why had he filled the last years of those two old horses with peace and beauty? Why had he given them a final ease and comfort which he had withheld from himself? It could only be love.”

110. “Yet what made him trail down the hillside every day in all weathers? Why had he filled the last years of those two old horses with peace and beauty? Why had he given them a final ease and comfort which he had withheld from himself? It could only be love.”

— James Herriot

James Herriot Quote: “After that first crowded day I retired to one of those green-tiled sanctuaries and lathered myself with a new bar of a famous toilet soap which Helen had put in my bag. I have never been able to use that soap since. Scents are too evocative and the merest whiff jerks me back to that first night away from my wife, and to the feeling I had then. It was a dull, empty ache which never really went away.”

111. “After that first crowded day I retired to one of those green-tiled sanctuaries and lathered myself with a new bar of a famous toilet soap which Helen had put in my bag. I have never been able to use that soap since. Scents are too evocative and the merest whiff jerks me back to that first night away from my wife, and to the feeling I had then. It was a dull, empty ache which never really went away.”

— James Herriot

James Herriot Quote: “It was the first time I had had the opportunity of drinking champagne by the pint and it was a rewarding experience. I.”

112. “It was the first time I had had the opportunity of drinking champagne by the pint and it was a rewarding experience. I.”

— James Herriot

James Herriot Quote: “I pulled up and wound down the window. For a few moments he looked out over the miles of heathery moorland and the rounded summits of the great hills slumbering in the sunshine, then he spoke quietly as though to himself. “So this is where you work?” “Yes, this is it, Andy.” He took a long breath, then another, as if greedy for more. “You know,” he said. “I’ve heard a lot about air like wine, but this is the first time I’ve realised what it means.”

113. “I pulled up and wound down the window. For a few moments he looked out over the miles of heathery moorland and the rounded summits of the great hills slumbering in the sunshine, then he spoke quietly as though to himself. “So this is where you work?” “Yes, this is it, Andy.” He took a long breath, then another, as if greedy for more. “You know,” he said. “I’ve heard a lot about air like wine, but this is the first time I’ve realised what it means.”

— James Herriot

James Herriot Quote: “She was too good a cook and I was too faithful a disciple of her art.”

114. “She was too good a cook and I was too faithful a disciple of her art.”

— James Herriot

James Herriot Quote: “Those were dreadful words. “Not many minutes” was a common phrase in Yorkshire and could mean anything up to two hours.”

115. “Those were dreadful words. “Not many minutes” was a common phrase in Yorkshire and could mean anything up to two hours.”

— James Herriot

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