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title: "4 Live Grenade Quotes by 4 authors"
description: "Browse 4 Live Grenade quotes by 4 authors. Discover the best Live Grenade sayings and thoughts."
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> [Her only thought was of getting away, as if she were carrying a live grenade from inside the house, so that when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-egan/her-only-thought-was-of-getting-away-as-if-she-were-carrying-a-live/)

[Jennifer Egan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-egan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c28/jennifer-egan-825_exploded_her-only-thought-was-of-getting-away-as_758896.jpg)

> [“He stared at it as if he had caught a live grenade. It was the mummy’s finger.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pseudonymous-bosch/he-stared-at-it-as-if-he-had-caught-a-live-grenade-it-was-the-mummy-s/)

[Pseudonymous Bosch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pseudonymous-bosch/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c8f/pseudonymous-bosch-12540_mummy_he-stared-at-it-as-if-he-had-caught-a-li_1275809.png)

> [In the US. Infantry Manual published during World War II, the soldier was told what to do if a live grenade fell…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anatol-rapoport/in-the-us-infantry-manual-published-during-world-war-ii-the-soldier/)

[Anatol Rapoport](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anatol-rapoport/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c6b/anatol-rapoport-23399_grenade_in-the-us-infantry-manual-published-duri_1790392.jpg)

> [Giving a camera to Diane Arbus is like putting a live grenade in the hands of a child.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-mailer/giving-a-camera-to-diane-arbus-is-like-putting-a-live-grenade-in-the/)

[Norman Mailer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-mailer/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e7/norman-mailer-839_children_giving-a-camera-to-diane-arbus-is-like-p_2725442.png)

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