“... the blast signatures of a detonated supernova and that of a nuclear bomb are identical.”

“When someone detonates a suicide bomb, that person does not have career prospects.”

“Guns, grendels, or nuclear bombs; take your pick.”

“Belief that the Earth is only several thousands years old carries a curious implication. The physical evidence for the Earth's age emerged from the same atomic discoveries that later gave the world nuclear weaponry and power plants. The scientific understanding of uranium isotopes that produce the date 4.5 billion years ago is the same understanding of uranium isotopes that led to the production and detonation of nuclear bombs. If scientists do not understand uranium decay well enough to date the Earth, there also cannot be, and can never have been, nuclear weaponry. Certainly a world and a history absent these weapons are desirable, but they are counter-factual. ”

“He remembered Simon warning him, with wryness, that Clary had the nuclear bomb of boyfriends.”

“This is crazy. We’re standing here, talking about nuclear bombs being dropped on Carcery Vale. It’s insane.”