James Herriot Quotes about Morning

At times it seemed unfair that I should be paid for my work; for driving out in the early morning with the fields glittering under the first pale sunshine and the wisps of mist still hanging on the high tops.

At times it seemed unfair that I should be paid for my work; for driving out in the early morning with the fields glittering under the first pale sunshine and the wisps of mist still hanging on the high tops.

James Herriot

Morning, Sunshine, Hanging On

James Herriot (2011). “All Creatures Great and Small”, p.210, Open Road Media

That quotation about not having time to stand and stare has never applied to me. I seem to have spent a good part of my life - probably too much - in just standing and staring and I was at it again this morning.

James Herriot

Morning, Too Much, Staring

James Herriot (2012). “All Creatures Great and Small: The classic memoirs of a Yorkshire country vet”, p.187, Pan Macmillan

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.

James Herriot

Morning, Spring, Wind

James Herriot (2011). “Every Living Thing”, p.7, Open Road Media

It was Sunday morning (one a.m.), a not unusual time for some farmers, after a late Saturday night, to have a look round their stock and decide to send for the vet.

James Herriot

Morning, Sunday, Animal

James Herriot (2012). “Vet in Harness”, p.7, Pan Macmillan