All Creatures Great and Small (All Creatures Great and Small, #1)

by James Herriot

It’s a funny profession, ours, you know. It offers unparalleled opportunities for making a chump of yourself.”

Animals are unpredictable things so our whole life is unpredictable. It’s a long tale of little triumphs and disasters and you’ve got to really like it to stick it.

Life was full for me. There were so many things to find out and a lot I had to prove to myself.

I was beginning to learn about the farmers and what I found I liked. They had a toughness and a philosophical attitude which was new to me. Misfortunes which would make the city dweller want to bang his head against a wall were shrugged off with “Aye, well, these things happen.”

“If you decide to become a veterinary surgeon you will never grow

rich but you will have a life of endless interest and variety.”

found that the fear is worse than the reality and horse work has never worried me as much since then.

“If having a soul means being able to feel love and loyalty and gratitude, then animals are better off than a lot of humans. You’ve nothing to worry about there.”

No animal is a better judge of comfort than a cat and they were just visible as furry balls in the straw. They had the best place, up against the wooden partition where the warmth came through from the big animals.