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John Hersey Quotes

John Hersey quotes

American Writer June 17, 1914 – March 24, 1993

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Dr. Wyman preached a God I couldn’t quite see in my mind, and certainly couldn’t love. I dimly pictured some kind of Grandfather, who dealt out to bad people their awful “just deserts,” which I thought must be poisoned food at the end of delicious meals. John Hersey
Do not work primarily for money; do your duty to patients first and let the money follow; our life is short, we don't live twice; the whirlwind will pick up the leaves and spin them, but then it will drop them and they will form a pile. John Hersey
And, as if nature were protecting man against his own ingenuity, the reproductive processes were affected for a time; men became sterile, women had miscarriages, menstruation stopped. John Hersey
The crux of the matter is whether total war in its present form is justifiable, even when it serves a just purpose. Does it not have material and spiritual evil as its consequences which far exceed whatever good might result? When will our moralists give us an answer to this question? John Hersey
All morning they watched for the plane which they thought would be looking for them. They cursed war in general and PTs in particular. At about ten o'clock the hulk heaved a moist sigh and turned turtle. John Hersey
John Hersey quote: "Learning starts with failure; the first failure is the..."
Learning starts with failure; the first failure is the beginning of education. John Hersey
John Hersey quote: "There, in the tin factory, in the first moment of the atomic..."
There, in the tin factory, in the first moment of the atomic age, a human being was crushed by books. John Hersey
What has kept the world safe from the bomb since 1945 has not been deterrence, in the sense of fear of specific weapons, so much as it's been memory. The memory of what happened at Hiroshima. John Hersey
John Hersey quote: "their faces were wholly burned, their eyesockets were hollow,..."
...their faces were wholly burned, their eyesockets were hollow, the fluid from their melted eyes had run down their cheeks. John Hersey
It's a failure of national vision when you regard children as weapons, and talents as materials you can mine, assay, and fabricate for profit and defense. John Hersey
John Hersey quote: "The price one pays for having a kind man at one’s elbow."
The price one pays for having a kind man at one’s elbow. John Hersey
The first stage had been all over before the doctors even knew they were dealing with a new sickness; it was the direct reaction to the bombardment of the body, at the moment when the bomb went off, by neutrons, beta particles, and gamma rays. John Hersey
John Hersey quote: "Journalism allows its readers to witness history; fiction..."
Journalism allows its readers to witness history; fiction gives its readers an opportunity to live it. John Hersey
The second stage set in ten or fifteen days after the bombing. Its first symptom was falling hair. Diarrhea and fever, which in some cases went as high as 106, came next. John Hersey
Many people who did not die right away came down with nausea, headache, diarrhea, malaise, and fever, which lasted several days. Doctors could not be certain whether some of these symptoms were the result of radiation or nervous shock. John Hersey

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