“Guns, grendels, or nuclear bombs; take your pick.”
“... the blast signatures of a detonated supernova and that of a nuclear bomb are identical.”
“Rene looked at Grendel. “What in the world is that?”“That’s our mutant attack poodle,” I told her.“Is he chewing on a gun?”
“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.”
“Guns and bombs, rockets and warships, are all symbols of human failure.”