Quotes from Robin Cook

Quite a setup you have down here." Martin had never visited the computer lab before and had not imagined that it was so extensive. "It gives me a strange feeling to be in this room," he admitted. "I went to med school here and back in sixty-one, I took

Although blaming traffic for being that late seemed almost comical to him, he held back from calling her on what he imagined was a passive-aggressive stunt.

particularly

Lisa," said Dr. Ranade, becoming alarmed, "Lisa, everything is all right. Just relax.

Revenge was a powerful emotion, and its presence dulled the anxiety

The usual surface stickiness was absent, and they absorbed nutrients at an alarmingly selfish rate. They had become parasites within their own house.

romantic rendezvous you promised in the coffee shop? I don't have much time; I've got to get back to the CAT scanner.

Sure can. Just ask the computer. That thing will do just about everything but polish your shoes." By eight-fifteen

she had two phones.

Why do you have Peerless insurance? Why don't you have your official NYC insurance? I mean, you were a policeman for years, right? I still have my Adolpho's plan. It's really terrific.

Consider your duty done," said Mannerheim, looking back into his expanding incision. Philips

Also," droned Helen, "Dr. Clinton Clark, Chief of Gynecology called, not his secretary, the doctor himself. And he sounded very angry. He wants you to call. And Mr. Drake wants a call too." The printout

To him the area looked more like a prosperous international corporation rather than the nerve center of a city hospital. There was even a glass-fronted conference room with a large mahogany library table and captain's chairs that looked to Brian more like it belonged in a bank.

was distressed when I saw that your carrier was Peerless. Our experience with them has been difficult at best, so I wanted to file the claim as soon as possible.

He was always amazed by her ability to drop her efficient hospital personality, though he understood that she was confident enough in her intellectual abilities that she could indulge her feminine fantasies. It was a rare and wonderful balance.

these slides with the red-grease-pencil marks have areas where the neurons are either missing or in bad shape," said the resident. "The curious thing is that there's very little if any inflammation. I don't have any idea what it is. I'd have to describe it as 'multifocal, discrete neuron death,' etiology unknown.

Graft-versus-host disease is more apt to be seen with bone-marrow transplants, not solid organ transplants.

The thing that surprised

No, you don't get a chance to bargain. As an individual, you have to pay full freight." "Why is that? Why do I have to pay more than health insurance companies for the same service?" "This is how American hospital-based medicine works," Roger snapped. "I don't have time to explain it to you, nor is it my job.

With CRISPR/CAS9, any gene whose sequence is known can be removed, replaced, turned on, or turned off, and all this can be done in the equivalent of someone's garage.

As I have reminded you time and time again, playing detective is dangerous and not for amateurs, and you are exactly that: a goddamn amateur when it comes to homicide investigation.

Commercial DNA laboratories accept saliva DNA samples with absolutely no chain of custody.

yeah," said Helen. "The second angioroom is going to be out all day today while they install a new film loader.

grates. As he worked, he was reminded of the myth of Sisyphus and the cruel king's terrible fate. No sooner had Kim cleared an area of its filth than it became refouled with a fresh