The Rats Quotes

“The fact of the matter is, the more power you have, the easier it is to find solutions to any problems. You merely surround yourself with the right people, the right brains – they come up with the answers and you take the glory.”
― James Herbert, The Rats

“towards them. The other two froze and did the same. Harris would never forget the horror he felt under the gaze of the three pairs of sharp, wicked-looking eyes. It wasn’t”
― James Herbert, The Rats

“But the point was it was the construction itself that had made a minor disaster into a major one. And the construction had been a cheaper means of building - a cheaper way of cramming thirty or forty families into the smallest square footage possible. That is what embittered Harris. The incompetence of 'authority'.”
― James Herbert, The Rats

“Judy was in the bath, enjoying its cocoon warmth,”
― James Herbert, The Rats

“No, it was no good becoming overwrought with authority, for he knew too well that apathy existed on all levels. The gasman who neglected to fix a leaky pipe. The mechanic who failed to tighten a screw. The driver who drove at fifty miles an hour in the fog. The milkman who left one pint instead of two. It was a matter of degree. Wasn't that what Original Sin was supposed to be all about? We're all to blame.”
― James Herbert, The Rats