How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
Randy held [Lib], crushed her, strangely without any passion except fear for her. (3.141)
Scary situations become even scarier once people you love get involved. You're not just worrying about your safety anymore; you're worried about theirs, too.
Quote #5
"You see, all their lives [...] they've lived under the shadow of war—atomic war. For them the abnormal has become normal." (4.147)
Peyton and Ben Franklin haven't even reached puberty, yet they're handling the nuclear attack with more grace and courage than the adults. Helen attributes to them living their whole lives in the atomic age. They have no idea things were ever different.
Quote #6
The guests were milling around in the lobby like first-class passengers on a liner that has stuck an iceberg, and that they suspect may founder at any moment. (5.83)
Ah yes—nothing like a Titanic metaphor to nail down the whole "We're all doomed!" vibe. What's particularly rough for these folks is that they're on vacation when the world ends. Imagine that. Hundreds of nukes rain down across the United States and you're not even afforded the dignity of watching it go down from your own bed,