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“Hazard of the job. That's Ode de Anal Gland you smell.”
― Kelly Moran, Puppy Love

“Sometimes in our job you feel you just can't win. If you take too long you're no good, if you're too quick the visit wasn't necessary.”
― James Herriot, All Things Bright and Beautiful

“Are you a doctor?â€� Li said.
“I’m better than that. I’m a vet. Vets do everything: brain surgery, heart surgery, lab analysis, dislocations â€�”
― Matthew Reilly, The Great Zoo of China

“Arms still crossed, Lindsay's clogs tapped on the sidewalk. “So Sam didn’t tell you I was a desperate orphan child with no life outside of work? This isn’t some kind of intervention, some kind of lame attempt to cheer me up?â€�
He grinned.“Why would she do that?�
“Because that’s how it sounded.�
Nudging her shoulder, he grinning down at her. “You don’t look desperate, Dr. Lindsay, not by a long shot."
“That’s because you don’t know me.� Lindsay bit her lower lip, arms still crossed, clogs still tap-tap-tapping. Her chest heaved. “My parent’s died in a car accident almost two years ago. It’s a difficult thing to get over. I’m still not exactly right. I guess she worries about me.�
Ty sucked in his breath, thinking fast. “I’m really sorry about your parents, Linds.�
As he put an arm around her shoulder, she broke into a self-conscious smile and shook her head. “Spend any time with me at all and you’ll find that Sam’s right. I’m a desperate orphan child, completely paranoid and irrepressibly horny.�
“W³ó´Ç²¹!â€�
She looked so cute, but vulnerable, too. He closed the arm around her shoulder, squeezing her sideways to his chest. Embarrassed, she smiled as she elbowed his rib. Then she dropped her arms and stayed put, tucked close against him. It felt right, having her there.”
― Lilly Christine, Right Kinda Bull

“This is Doctor Norton. Who's calling?"
"Step N’Wolfe- the owner of the Emerald Cascade Ranch on Green Valley Road. I have a horse in labor and the baby's already coming out of the horse's ass."
"You should of called sooner.”
― Giorge Leedy, Uninhibited From Lust To Love

“For some, being a vet was a means to make a living. For Theo, helping animals was a photo of his soul, the coat of his will.”
― Steven James Taylor, the dog

“You don’t want to think about it but it’s the first thing on your mind. You say, “We made THE APPOINTMENT.â€� You avoid the word “euthanasiaâ€� because it makes everything too real. It is a beautiful word, really. It is Greek for “easy deathâ€� and it is true, there is no easier death than this. It is unfortunate that, once again, people are so afraid of death in all its forms that they find it so difficult even when the time of death is peaceful.”
― Kate McGahan, Only Gone From Your Sight: Jack McAfghan's Little Therapy Guide to Pet Loss and Grief

“He took her mouth in a deep kiss. Finally he let her up for air.

Don’t propose. Don’t propose. Don’t propose. He repeated the words until he was sure he wasn’t going to say something crazy.”
― Erin Nicholas, My Best Friend's Mardi Gras Wedding

“Arms still crossed, Lindsay's clogs tapped on the sidewalk. “So Sam didn’t tell you I was a desperate orphan child with no life outside of work? This isn’t some kind of intervention, some lame attempt to cheer me up?â€�
He grinned.“Why would she do that?�
“Because that’s how it sounded.�
Nudging her shoulder, he grinning down at her. “You don’t look desperate, Dr. Lindsay, not by a long shot.
“That’s because you don’t know me.� Lindsay bit her lower lip, arms still crossed, clogs still tap-tap-tapping. Her chest heaved. “My parent’s died in a car accident almost two years ago. It’s a difficult thing to get over. I’m still not exactly right. I guess she worries about me.�
Ty sucked in his breath, thinking fast. “I’m really sorry about your parents, Linds.�
As he put an arm around her shoulder, she broke into a self-conscious smile, and shook her head. “Spend any time with me at all and you’ll find that Sam’s right. I’m a desperate orphan child, completely paranoid and irrepressibly horny.�
“W³ó´Ç²¹!â€� She looked so cute, but vulnerable, too, against him. He closed the arm around her shoulder, squeezing her sideways to his chest. Embarrassed, she smiled as she elbowed his rib. Then she dropped her arms and stayed put, tucked close against him. It felt right, having her there.”
― Lilly Christine

“That's the Wildcat I remember.”
― Zoe Forward, Protecting His Witch

“His was the gaze of a high-end predator, throwing it's prey a seductive look, waiting for the perfect moment to strike.”
― Zoe Forward, Protecting His Witch

“...I'm hanging onto my sanity by a thread. I'll have you up against this tree and be inside you in about one second.”
― Zoe Forward, Protecting His Witch

“Hush.â€� He kissed her forehead. “Ever since that day, all I’ve wanted is a second chance. Now,â€� he pulled her body closer, wrapped both arms around her small waist, his hand resting just above the dent in her spine. “We’re both a little older, a little more mature. Some of us are much more experienced—â€�
“And conceited.�
“Experienced,â€� he said, the laugh in his voice quiet and seductive, “and things can be so much better.”
― Peggy Jaeger, There's No Place Like Home

“Are you feeling any better?" I asked.
He nodded. "A lot better. I think it's fine."
I looked at his ankle. It still looked puffy to me. "Well, you need to be careful. You know what the... uh... doctor said." I would take the knowledge that Dr. Peter Herbert's patients typically had four legs with me to my grave.”
― Mary Simses, The Irresistible Blueberry Bakeshop & Cafe

“I don’t approve.â€�
A vet”
― C B X Martin, Bob the Dog: The Memoirs of Evil Bob Terrier

“Fighting a Mardi-Gras-In-New-Orleans crowd for eight blocks from Trahan’s Tavern on St. Peter to Bourbon O on Bourbon was like a man being willing to swim the Nile, climb Mount Everest, and cross the Sahara for true love.”
― Erin Nicholas, My Best Friend's Mardi Gras Wedding

“The vet was open this late, because he needed the business and the money to keep the “not closedâ€� sign lit.”
― J.S. Mason, The Ghost Therapist...And Other Grand Delights

“Philippa knew that Eliza was unusual: Animals worshipped her. She attracted them even though she dressed like a heretic. Even that dog of the Cohens had followed her out of the woods. The girl must give off some smell or vibration that attracted the beasts to her. But that she should then turn around and follow them, taking care of distemper or peering into hooves and mouths and reaching into unthinkable places for difficult births?”
― Grace Dane Mazur, The Garden Party: A Novel

“Ava laughed. "Yesterday you did an interview without wearing pants, and today you're crashing a wedding. I'm a little worried about tomorrow.”
― Robin Bielman, The Wedding Crasher and the Cowboy

“Good night," she called out.

He waved over his shoulder, not daring to turn around and be tempted to join her in a drink. Or another kiss. Because she might be a good swimmer, but he was in danger of drowning.”
― Robin Bielman, The Wedding Crasher and the Cowboy

“Kennedy waltzed past him, a skip in her step. "Your brother has much better things to do with his mouth than talk," she tossed over her shoulder.”
― Robin Bielman, The Wedding Crasher and the Cowboy

“Romance isn't dead... it's on my bookshelf.”
― Robin Bielman, The Wedding Crasher and the Cowboy

“Woody's life was leaking away but I was the one who stepped forward and pulled the plug. Was my timing right? Could he have had another day at home, another week? Could he have gone for one more turn around the park, had one last supper? We'll never know and to handle the reality of euthanasia I learned to be comfortable with the ambiguity and magnitude of when to take a life. All I know for sure is at that irredeemable moment when I drive the plunger home, I will be there for the person trading the overpowering presence of love and companionship with their pet for the cold, empty ache of loss.”
― Nick Trout, Tell Me Where It Hurts: A Day of Humor, Healing, and Hope in My Life as an Animal Surgeon

“I never get to step back and take the contented nothingness that exists between people and animals. Most of my interactions that place during emotional peaks and troughs: tearful hellos and good-byes, the sudden impact of stiches and incisions, bandages and casts, drains and catheters, trauma and cancer, three legs and not four. I miss everything in between, everything that counts, all the wonderful convivial silence, the accumulative fundamental background noise that motivates and drives these extremes.”
― Nick Trout, Tell Me Where It Hurts: A Day of Humor, Healing, and Hope in My Life as an Animal Surgeon

“Having come this far, exposed and candid, perhaps I can find sanctuary behind one incontestable truth pervading operating rooms across the country â€� the reality of everyday miracles. From time to time the inexplicable and the impossible happen. Behind a paper mask and under artificial lights I get to perform surgery on an unconscious body, the physical part of what we think of as a pet. Essentially I’m working construction. I’m the guy splicing wires, welding pipes, shoring up support beams, and generally renovating the house. All the other stuff, the important stuff, I cannot influence. These are the intangibles, the memories, the history, the bonds, the things that make a difference between a house and a home, the things that make the difference between a body covered in scales or feathers or fur and our pet. It is this everything else that eludes me. This everything else is the spirit of the animal. Under anesthesia, it might move out for a while, but when the surgery is done and the gas turned off, it comes back. In our worst-case scenario, regardless of whether it returns or not, it doesn’t cease to exist. Anesthesia is just a training run for the soul.”
― Nick Trout, Love Is the Best Medicine: What Two Dogs Taught One Veterinarian about Hope, Humility, and Everyday Miracles

“Most likely my thoughts were overshadowed by a hankering for a smaller hand size or a larger breed of patient. This was going to be tight â€� one-handed bomb disposal down a rabbit hole. This close to a beating heart, cutting the wrong connection or failing to cut it clean could be fatal.”
― Nick Trout, Love Is the Best Medicine: What Two Dogs Taught One Veterinarian about Hope, Humility, and Everyday Miracles

“How come I'm not married?" He raised his palms as if confessing a crime. "I guess I just haven't found the right person yet. After all, it takes a special woman to appreciate someone like me. I'm handsome, charming, well educated. And who could resist a guy who wears shit-covered boots and sticks their hands up cows' asses all day?”
― Ellen Marie Wiseman, The Life She Was Given

“Veterinary medicine is in many ways like the noble art of the detective. It is all about using logic and careful observation from a starting point (case history and physical exam), gathering clues (running tests), and piecing those facts and clues together to come up with a solution (diagnosis and treatment). Critical thinking and problem solving in the context of animal illness is the real work of the veterinarian.

And now, for the first time ever, you can work your way through actual cases just like a vet does…without getting a drop of blood or slobber on you!”
― J. Aaron Gruben, Fuzzy Logic: Think Like a Veterinarian

“Your next case is a 10-pound cat who thinks she’s a 150-pound mountain lion. Pearl is an old kitty in for acting lethargic. You don’t notice a single shred of lethargy in the ball of fuzz and fangs that hisses and growls and rushes around the carrier the moment you get close.”
― J. Aaron Gruben, Fuzzy Logic 2: How to Keep Thinking Like a Veterinarian

“Many people kennel train their dogs when they first take them home. Many people don’t carrier train their cats. They shove their cat into a carrier, have the cat panicking in the carrier, and then expect their vet to deal with the cat that’s fighting tooth and nail (pun intended). There needs to be a shift in mentality regarding cats and their carriers. Cats can be trained, and they can benefit from the safety and comfort of their carriers too.”
― Mansum Yau, The Ins and Outs of Cat Carriers: A Veterinarian's Guide to Cat Carriers