“I swallowed a hand grenade that never stops exploding.”

“Her only thought was of getting away, as if she were carrying a live grenade from inside the house, so that when it exploded, it would destroy just herself.”

Jennifer Egan A Visit from the Goon Squad

“(Sylvia at typewriter) For feminine protection, every day use a hand grenade.”

Nicole Hollander (1939) Cartoonist

“Giving a camera to Diane Arbus is like putting a live grenade in the hands of a child.”

Norman Mailer (1923–2007) American novelist, journalist, essayist, playwright, film maker, actor and political candidate

“I am urging the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leader to stop these bomb and grenade attacks, these acts of sabotage, and killings, of arson and damage to property.”

Sheikh Hasina (1947) Prime Minister of Bangladesh

“That Shay was in possesion of hand grenades was a comforting thought showed what kind of night this had become.”

Scott Westerfeld book Specials

“They were letting off fireworks down at the waterfront, the sky exploding in grenades of colour. Whatever it is that pulls the pin, that hurls you past the boundaries of your own life into a brief and total beauty - even for a moment - it is enough.”

Jeanette Winterson book Gut Symmetries

“I have never learned to draw a hand well enough, so why should I stop trying now?”

Jack Levine (1915–2010) American artist

“Stop all this weeping, swallow your pride
You will not die, it’s not poison”

Bob Dylan (1941) American singer-songwriter, musician, author, and artist

“Percy hefted a bronze grenade. ‘I hope you labelled these right.’
He yelled, ‘Die, Romans!’ and lobbed the grenade over the wall.”

Rick Riordan book The Blood of Olympus