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21 " Kittridge closed his eyes. So, the end. It would happen instantaneously, a painless departure, quicker than thought. he felt the presence of his body one last time: the taste of air in his lungs, the blood surging in his veins, the drumlike beating of his heart. The bomb was dropping toward them." I've got you," he said, hugging Tim fiercely; and again, over and over, so that the boy would be hearing these words. " I've got you, I've got you, I've got you, I've got you. "
22 " What has kept the world safe from the bomb since 1945 has not been deterrence, in the sense of fear of specific weapons, so much as it's been memory. The memory of what happened at Hiroshima. "
23 " Long after the bomb falls and you and your good deeds are gone, cockroaches will still be here, prowling the streets like armored cars. "
― Tama Janowitz , Slaves of New York
