The arms race is a race between nuclear weapons and ourselves. — Martin Amis

Weapons are like money; no one knows the meaning of enough.

"Einstein's Monsters," by the way, refers to nuclear weapons, but also to ourselves. We are Einstein's monsters, not fully human, not for now.

For myself and my loved ones, I want the heat, which comes at the speed of light. I don’t want to have to hang about for the blast, which idles along at the speed of sound.