“It is remarkable to see how the overwhelming annihilation of the landscape conditioned the popular imagination, so that local communities could not imagine biological life returning in any form that would generate a sense of normality.”

“The most affecting scenes in the novel are those depicting the annihilation wrought by this plague-like contagion.”

“That variation does not induce an annihilation of the laws of nature.”

“The annihilator of the hereditary peers has succumbed to the trade union barons.”

“By expanding as Lord Siva, the Lord becomes the annihilator of the universe when needed.”

“At Mr. Roumann's suggestion they all increased their hours of work on the annihilator.”

“From 1980 to 2013, there were 71 cases of family annihilators and only 12 have been women.”

“They are the family annihilators, whose bloodlust is only satisfied by the slaughter of their own children.”

“Not all family annihilators are, but crucially all of them are used to getting their own way through bullying and violent control.”