| Relevant Quotes |
| 1) “Just said one of his cows woke up sick.” Pg.2 prologue It’s important because it’s the cause of Becky’s illness. 2) “But she’s been down on her milk for almost a month. I want her out’a here before my other cows get the runs.” Pg. 3 prologue Its important because they want to get that cow out of there before it infects all the other cows. 3) “All four dead this morning. There’s some kind of infection over at the Silverton farm.” Pg. 3 prologue It’s tiring to tell were the infection is. 4) “Can the animal stand?” Pg. 5 prologue They’re trying to see how the infection makes the animal’s body function work. 5) “The head of that downer cow fell off the rail.” Pg. 6 prologue It’s showing that the people that work at farms are not really worried about people’s health. 6) “Then put the head on the rail and hose it off.” Pg. 6 prologue This shows that they don’t care if the meat gets contaminated or anything like that as long as they can meet their quota and not get caught cheating. |
| “ ‘Dr. Reggis would be perfect for the merger story. He was chief of cardiac surgery at the Samaritan before the merger and then, bang, he became one of the Indians. I’d bet he’d have something saucy and sexy to say.’ ‘No doubt,’ Brian said. ‘But would he talk to you? He didn’t come off too good in that ‘Poor Little Rich Kids’ piece you did.’ ‘Oh that’s water over the dam,’ Kelly said with a wave of dismissal.” Pg. 13 Chapter 1 This establishes what the interactions between Kelly Anderson and Kim Reggis will be like in the book. 8) “ ‘So I’d love to get your husbands feelings on the issue since I know he’d have an opinion. By any chance is he coming to the rink this afternoon?’ ‘No,’ Tracy laughed, as if Kelly had suggested an absurdity. ‘He never leaves the hospital until after six or seven on weekdays. Never!’ “ Pg.17 Chapter 1 This tells you how much Kim is always working and that he hardly ever is away from the hospital. 9) “ ‘Okay, that’s it,” Dr. Kim Reggis said, as he handed his needle holder to the scrub nurse and straightened up to relieve the stiffness in his back. He’d been operating since seven-thirty that morning. This was his third and final case. ‘Let’s stop the cardioplegia solution and get this ticker going.’ “ Pg.20 chapter 2 This shows that he takes his surgeries very seriously and so that the possibility of a mistake is less likely. 10) “ ‘Where’s Mr. Glick?’ Kim asked. Ralph Glick had been Kim’s first case.” Pg.24 Chapter. 2 This shows that Kim cares about what happens to his patients. 11) “Kim glanced around for Gertrude Arnold, the wife of Kim’s last patient, Kim wasn’t looking forward to talking with her.” Pg. 26 Chapter 2 This shows that Kim will do things that need to be done even if he doesn’t want to. |