“ Once the cells in a biological machine stop working, it can never be started again. It goes into a cascade of decay, falling toward disorder and randomness. Except in the case of viruses. They can tur… Richard Preston
“ Nine out of ten humans killed? And you're not bothered. A look of mysterious thoughtfulness crossed his face. A virus can be useful to a species by thinning it out, he said. A scream cut the air. It s… Richard Preston
“ But no one could control Mark Littleberry; the man was fundamentally uncontrollable. Richard Preston
“ To mess around with Ebola is an easy way to die. Better to work with something safer, such as anthrax. Richard Preston
“ The kill rate in humans infected with Ebola Zaire is nine out of ten. Ninety percent of the people who come down with Ebola Zaire die of it. Ebola Zaire is a slate wiper in humans. Richard Preston
“ You can’t fight off Ebola the way you fight off a cold. Ebola does in ten days what it takes AIDS ten years to accomplish. Richard Preston
“ If people learned what this virus could do, there would be traffic jams heading out of Reston, with mothers screaming at television cameras, Where are my children? Richard Preston
“ The Ludolphian number is fixed in eternity— not a digit out of place, all characters in their proper order, an endless sentence written to the end of the world by the division of the circle’s diameter… Richard Preston
