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Plague QUOTES

Plague QUOTES

1 " I guess you’re right,’ he said. ‘They don’t usually put anything on the television unless it’s true. "

― Graham Masterton , Plague

2 " Petrie. I stood up for a principle I believe in. If the whole of America has to die for that principle, then I still believe it’s worth it.’ ‘Even if the principle kills the very people it’s supposed to protect?’ Kenneth Garunisch turned away. ‘Principles are everything, Dr. Petrie. Without principles, we cease to be living beings. "

― Graham Masterton , Plague

3 " Basically, plague comes in three recognized forms. There’s bubonic plague, which is when you have buboes or swellings in the groin and axilla. Then there’s pneumonic plague, when the bacilli are localized in the lungs – and septicemic plague, when the blood is infected. "

― Graham Masterton , Plague

4 " bubonic plague is mostly carried by fleas which have bitten plague-ridden rodents, and then accidentally bite people. It isn’t a human disease at all, and humans only get caught up in the cycle by mistake. "

― Graham Masterton , Plague

5 " If you’re suffering from pneumonic plague, you only have to cough in someone’s face, and they’ll almost certainly catch it. It’s the sputum. Plague bacilli can stay alive in dried sputum for up to three months. "

― Graham Masterton , Plague