Painterly brass valve wheel and round pressure gauge mounted on a dark navy wall.

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Ramius

Ryan, most things in here don’t react well with bullets.

— The Hunt for Red October • 1990

Behind the line

What it means

Our interpretation.

Ramius gives a warning about gunfire through dry understatement. Saying that objects do not react well to bullets sounds almost like a complaint about their temperament, making the danger clear without a dramatic speech about what could go wrong.

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