David Mitchell said this quote
“ Surgeons are a singular brotherhood, Adam. To us, people aren't sacred beings crafted in the Almighty's image, no, people are joints of meat; diseased, leathery meat, yes, but meat ready for the skewer & the spit. He mimicked my usual voice, very well. 'But why *me*, Henry, are we not friends?' Well, Adam, even friends are made out of meat. ”