I certainly think that 10 to 20 years from now, clearly the majority of veterinarians will be women.

All the world will be your enemy, Prince of a Thousand enemies. And when they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you; digger, listener, runner, Prince with the swift warning. Be cunning, and full of tricks, and your people will never be destroyed.

I distinguish two types of human beings, Love people, who love the sky and the flowers, and Power People, who are essentially sold on naked power.

A thing can be true and still be desperate folly.

If you want to bless me you can bless my bottom, for it is sticking out of the hole.

I've always said that Watership Down is not a book for children. I say: it's a book, and anyone who wants to read it can read it.

There is nothing that cuts you down to size like coming to some strange and marvelous place where no one even stops to notice that you stare about you.