| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| 8a641a3 | Apocalyptic explosions, dead reactors, terrorists, mass murder, death-slugs, and now a blindness plague. This is a terrible planet. We should not have come here. | explosion mass-murder terrorists planet plague space-exploration | James S.A. Corey | |
| f40196a | This private estate was far enough away from the explosion so that its bamboos, pines, laurel, and maples were still alive, and the green place invited refugees--partly because they believed that if the Americans came back, they would bomb only buildings; partly because the foliage seemed a center of coolness and life, and the estate's exquisitely precise rock gardens, with their quiet pools and arching bridges, were very Japanese, normal, secure; and also partly (according to some who were there) because of an irresistible, atavistic urge to hide under leaves. | war explosion hiroshima foliage bomb japan hide | John Hersey | |
| f747f6a | "He blew himself up." "Get out! You mean like guts all over the place?" "Not all over the place," I said. "He was pretty well contained, all things considered." | explosion hair fire | Janet Evanovich | |
| 08b250b | I could barely believe myself. IOI had actually tried to kill me. To prevent me from winning a videogame contest. It was insane. | explosion ioi prevent rp1 rpo wade wade-watts ready-player-one ernest-cline threat | Ernest Cline |