from the end of _Atlas Shrugged_, by Ayn Rand (thanks to Ray for saving me some typing):
"The plane was above the peaks of the skyscrapers when suddenly, with abruptness of a shudder, as if the ground had parted to engulf it, the city disappeared from the face of the earth. It took them a moment to realize that the panic had reached the power stations- and that the lights of New York had gone out."