Quotes from Robin Cook

Being snubbed added to Goldblatt's fury. "Your impudence is astounding," he growled.

Haven't you ever heard of the 1918 flu pandemic? It killed more people than World War One and World War Two combined.

California sluts. The fact

Because he's not here. Does that answer your question?

through his

Kristin realized that trying to decide when it was "safe" was no longer a reasonable method of birth control.

return to the clinic that afternoon to repeat it.

Supply and Why We Are Increasingly at Risk (Basic Books, 1997; Penguin, 1998).

He almost dreaded to find out what was going on in the hospital. It was like a sickness in his own family. Medicine had been his life.

they were frightened by the concept of a brain tumor; the idea that anybody could have one; even they. The

with his irritation and anger still at a boiling point, Brian thought again about the two CEOs and how they seemed to be poster children for what was wrong with American medicine and unbridled entrepreneurial capitalism. And as a doer, he knew he couldn't just passively allow their greediness to go unchallenged and dictate the unraveling of his life. He had to do something. He just didn't know what.

Blackman looked beneath. Kristin could almost feel the nurse's gaze on her totally exposed crotch.

Her conception of the role of the medical examiner was to speak for the dead to help the living.

The engine choked and died before the driver and the

sure of the diagnosis. I'm in love with you, Denise.

had been years since he had felt the excitement of romantic love. For a couple of weeks he hadn't even recognized

A little quiet contemplation is a good way to begin the day.

I've been getting some crap from the rest of the ER staff," Thomas said. "They think I'm interested in the case because the patient is a piece of ass.

Here's what I think in a nutshell," Brian said with vehemence. "I think you are running what amounts to fraud with your health insurance coconspirators by taking advantage of this country's laissez-faire healthcare situation to maximize your profits. In the process, you and your collections people are bankrupting me and hundreds of others.

Because it can be the key to my freedom," said Martin holding her close. "You have become my promise for fulfillment and research has the power of giving me what I want from medicine as well as more time with you.

he said softly. "At the present time in my life there are only two things I really care about: you and my research. And if there were some way I could make a living out of being with you, I might even forget the research.

As soon as the typewriter ceased its rapid staccato, Philips tore off the report. He read it with Denise looking over his shoulder.

George snapped irritably. "But the circumstances

It was infinitely easier to deal with the complications of intracellular life than the uncertainties of child rearing.