Part One, Chapter 1, Page 1, Pavel:
But Pavel Nikolayevich was tormented, no less than by the disease itself, by having to enter the clinic as an ordinary patient, just like everyone else.

Part One, Chapter 2, Page 16, Pavel:
And whatever direction the re-organization took—whether this way or that—no one, including Pavel Nikolayevich, ever suffered a drop in rank.

Part One, Chapter 3, Page 27, Zoya:
Zoya had not been working there long, but already she was beginning to understand the annoying principle that the one who doesn't pull her weight is not asked to pull, while the one who does, pulls for two.

Part One, Chapter 7, Page 85, Dontsova:
Ludmila Afanasyevna was unshakably convinced that any damage to the body was justified if it saved life.

Part One, Chapter 10, Page 120, Dyomka:
Here in the ward it was interesting listening and talking to people, but he couldn't talk to them...