Medical Thriller Quotes

“Books are keys that open many doors.”
― James Rollins

“I was able to shake off the near-death experience, and whether it was true or not, I was able to use it as some sort of moral validation as to the importance of my existence, or at least the importance of me completing this job, because clearly God, the universe or whoever understood that there was no other human being alive on this earth stupid enough to take this job.”
― DEAN MAFAKO, M.D., Burned Out

“Jenny sensed the energy of the cosmos. It was like a harmonious orchestra vibrating the universe into existence.' Broken Mirror by Oliver Rixon”
― Oliver Rixon, Broken Mirror

“When one hears hoofbeats, medical students are taught, one must think of horses, not zebras. But the doctor who sees my blood count will surely think of horses. He will arrive at a perfectly logical conclusion. It will no occur to him that, this time, it is truly a zebra galloping by.”
― Tess Gerritsen, The Apprentice

“I am no star
And I am no calm;
I cry all the time
Because I don’t like my life

I don’t have money;
I can’t do anything;
I can’t do any other job;
Telling stories is all I want

Only Dreams Can Cure Me”
― Jazalyn, vViIrRuUsS: I Never Forget

“An atom is as true as a grain of sand
and yet
The former can ne’er be felt until the mingling
Of many in unison
Lends form and substance to the invisible

---Dreams---”
― Ilene B. Benator, Schizo: Hidden in Plain Sight

“An entire economy and social culture has been built around cancer research, but somehow the whole game has been separated from the goal of finding a cure.”
― Stephen Petteruti, The Cancer Machine: A novel

“I see. So, you need to rush back to take an exam that doesn’t matter so you can qualify to give a talk that is not relevant. Is that about right?”
― Dr. Stephen Petteruti

“I see. So, you need to rush back to take an exam that doesn’t matter so you can qualify to give a talk that is not relevant. Is that about right?”
― Stephen Petteruti, The Cancer Machine: A novel

“He was leaning forward like the world's cutest football coach, his elbows on his knees, his eyebrows raised. He was polite. He was listening to her. He was ridiculously hot. He was killing her.”
― Vicki Grant

“Why are you asking me?" Viv said. "Ask your lovely girlfriend."
Tim's lips cinched into a happy little knot. Viv looked at him looking at Davida and thought how it was like watching some lab experiment. Bubbles of mercury running into each other's arms. Iron filings performing their mating dance for the magnet. Cesium exploding at the lightest touch of H2O. Exactly what the laws of chemistry demanded. It was as science-y as that. He'd found his person.”
― Vicki Grant, Tell Me When You Feel Something

“When light brings me sorrow
And dark gives me peace
It's difficult to reach tomorrow
And hope blooms in endings”
― Jazalyn, vViIrRuUsS: I Never Forget

“I can't die
It's a paradox
I've got the consciousness here”
― Jazalyn, vViIrRuUsS: I Never Forget

“This world needs me;
If I don't exist
The world doesn't exist

The World Ends With Me”
― Jazalyn, vViIrRuUsS: I Never Forget

“Late one night, I read a medical journal reporting a successful head transplant in China. "Ahah", I thought. "I can put my brain into a newer body instead of this old one beaten down by age and disease." A short rethinking disabused me of the idea but I wondered what it would be like to awake in another's body. Chimera Conflict is the result and is now available on Amazon and other sites,”
― Robert Wilson Morgan, Chimera Conflict: A Boston Brain in a Uyghur Body