Nick Louth > Quotes

“All worthwhile developments take time. Poverty of ambition is the heaviest chain on man’s soul.”
― Nick Louth, Bite

“his first day at Pharmstar, Mazzio had sat in when Iron Jack briefed newly-hired business school graduates on strategy. ‘I want the next Prozac or Valium, the next Lipitor or Zantac,’ Jack had said, striding up and down, his big voice booming across the hall. ‘I want you to scour the world for billion-dollar-a-year blockbusters. Between you and me you can screw the cure for cancer as a financial proposition. What we need are treatments, not cures. Treatments that patients take every day, year in, year out. The clinical areas are obvious: depression, migraine, back pain, arthritis, cholesterol control, weight control. And the target market is only one: first world and affluent.”
― Nick Louth, Bite

“Lies and truth share a narrow bed, like birth and death, pain and pleasure.”
― Nick Louth, Bite

“When your world is squeezed into the walls of a cell, it is amazing how much you notice.”
― Nick Louth, Bite

“noisily.”
― Nick Louth, Bite

“Did he ever punish you, physically?’ Claire said gently. ‘No. And he never touched me up, either, in case you’re wondering.’ Her face challenged them to disbelieve her. Not close”
― Nick Louth, The Body in the Marsh

“old.”
― Nick Louth, The Body on the Moor

“the man could sell a sunbed to a vampire”
― Nick Louth, Bite

“How hard death presses the flower of love between its heavy pages. Keeps it bright, unchanging, allowing neither decay nor regrowth.”
― Nick Louth, Bite

“Welsh bank holiday: heavy duty anorak, waterproof trousers and wellies.”
― Nick Louth, The Body Under the Bridge