Gen LaGreca > Quotes

“My father..." He paused painfully, his voice unsteady. "...thought he was drinking the nectar of the gods, but it turned out to be poison. He learned that men don't need gods after all; it's the gods who need men. That's what killed my father.”
― Gen LaGreca

“Like this agency’s obligation to protect the patient.” “From me?” “From unscrupulous doctors. If you can do whatever you please, that means all doctors can do the same. Then how will the public be protected from unprincipled physicians?” “How will substituting your edicts for our judgment improve our performance?” “Even”
― Gen LaGreca, Noble Vision: A Novel

“Do you know that the only people who can treat you poorly and get away with it are those who don’t make money from treating you? Frankly, they make more money from not treating you. When they collect the same taxes regardless, the way to make ends meet is to curtail service, not to render it.”
― Gen LaGreca, Noble Vision: A Novel

“CareFree’s rules don’t represent any judgment superior to mine—just the opposite. They represent political decisions and statistical averages that have nothing to do with your case.”
― Gen LaGreca, Noble Vision: A Novel

“His years of work seemed as futile as the car wheels spinning on the icy streets beside him—he could not find traction on a road that led to success, to achievement, to triumph.”
― Gen LaGreca, Noble Vision: A Novel

“You make everything so black and white. I’m just asking you to bide your time, inch in with the right people, and get in the good graces of your father. Then they’ll let you do your research.” “You know what I think of that viewpoint.” “I know, I know! No one has the right to trespass on the shrine you built to yourself and your passion for medicine.” He suddenly wondered about something. “What’s your passion, Marie? What do you live for?” “Isn’t”
― Gen LaGreca, Noble Vision: A Novel

“Ever since I read Gone With the Wind at age 13, I’ve been enthralled by sweeping novels that capture a historic moment in an unforgettable way. I wanted to tell the story of what’s happening in medicine today—how it, too, could be gone with the wind—through the spellbinding magic of fiction.” Gen”
― Gen LaGreca, Noble Vision: A Novel

“No, Mr. Harkness, I can’t say that I feel an obligation to respect a law that’s destroying me.” “All”
― Gen LaGreca, Noble Vision: A Novel

“You, the public, seized medicine from the doctors and gave it to the politicians because you wanted your treatment to be free. It’s not free.”
― Gen LaGreca, Noble Vision: A Novel