“I have felt cats rubbing their faces against mine and touching my chee...” — James Herriot Quote

“I have felt cats rubbing their faces against mine and touching my cheek with claws carefully sheathed. These things, to me, are expressions of love.”

“I was helped by having a verbatim memory of what happened years ago, even if I can't remember what happened a couple of days ago.”

“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.”

“Pet foods come in a variety of flavors because that's what humans like, and we assume our pets like what we like. We're wrong.”

“Me going out 25 minutes early onto the training ground to practise wasn't me being teacher's pet. That is what I have done throughout my career.”

“My parents used to take me to the pet department and tell me it was a zoo.”