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.
James HerriotI have felt cats rubbing their faces against mine and touching my cheek with claws carefully sheathed. These things, to me, are expressions of love.
James HerriotAnd the peace which I always found in the silence and emptiness of the moors filled me utterly
James HerriotOver the years I knew her she always looked at me like that - as though I was a quite pleasant but amusing object - and it always did the same thing to me. It's difficult to put into words but perhaps I can best describe it by saying that if I had been a little dog I'd have gone leaping and gambolling around the room wagging my tail furiously.
James Herriot