"I hope to make people realize how totally helpless animals are, how dependent on us, trusting as a child must that we will be kind and take care of their needs."
-James Herriot
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"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
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"I wish people would realize that animals are totally dependent on us, helpless, like children, a trust that is put upon us."
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"Cats are connoisseurs of comfort."
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"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."
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"For years I used to bore my wife over lunch with stories about funny incidents."
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"I am never at my best in the early morning, especially a cold morning in the Yorkshire spring with a piercing March wind sweeping down from the fells, finding its way inside my clothing, nipping at my nose and ears."
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