Mortality Quotes in On the Beach

How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)

Quote #10

The human race was to be wiped out and the world made clean again for wiser occupants without undue delay. Well, probably that made sense. (8.215)

If nothing else, we hope that the radiation-immune rabbits of Australia will eventually attain consciousness and rise to the top of the food chain, creating rabbit cities and eventually constructing a rabbit colony on the surface of the moon. Hey—we can dream, can't we?