“The reason the atom bomb is so explosive is its secret adoration of the song of the small bird with the red head. Each time it explodes, it is just exposing its infinite love of the song. But no one knows this. They think it explodes because of their mechanical explanations.

That’s OK with me. I can see what is actually happening, and it is this: the way they arrange the inside of the bomb insures that triggering it will remind the bomb of the song of the small bird with the red head. And, of course, whenever this happens successfully, a nuclear explosion is the unavoidable result.

Frankly, if I could remind you of the song properly, you would do the very same thing: convert your mass to energy. But all of this is a secret. You mustn’t speak of it. You will embarrass the bombs.”

— an anonymous informant