“ This private estate was far enough away from the explosion so that its bamboos, pines, laurel, and maples were still alive, and the green place invited refugees—partly because they believed that if th… John Hersey
“ There, in the tin factory, in the first moment of the atomic age, a human being was crushed by books. John Hersey
“ It seems logical that he who supports total war in principle cannot complain of a war against civilians. John Hersey
“ Over everything—up through the wreckage of the city, in gutters, along the riverbanks, tangled among tiles and tin roofing, climbing on charred tree trunks—was a blanket of fresh, vivid, lush, optimis… 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
“ 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… John Hersey
“ …she looked like Vivien, the Lady of the Lake, only she was fat and her lake was dust, sand and dust, bones and dust and sand. John Hersey
“ Journalism allows it's readers to witness history. Fiction gives its readers an opportunity to live it. John Hersey
“ The reality is that changes are coming. ... They must come. You must share in bringing them. John Hersey
“ Green pine trees, cranes and turtles ...You must tell a story of your hard timesAnd laugh twice. John Hersey
“ Dr. Y. Hiraiwa, professor of Hiroshima University of Literature and Science, and one of my church members, was buried by the bomb under the two storied house with his son, a student of Tokyo Universit… 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 wh… John Hersey
“ 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… John Hersey
“ He was the only person making his way into the city; he met hundreds and hundreds who were fleeing, and every one of them seemed to be hurt in some way. The eyebrows of some were burned off and skin h… John Hersey
“ Cacopardo stepped back, and raised his hand in a Fascist salute. Then, as his aged memory functioned, the hand wavered over to his forehead, and the salute became military. And he said: Cacopardo is s… 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
“ You're not impatient any more. Then you were in a hurry, because you thought you could encompass everything in your life. You wanted to learn everything and experience everything and be everybody. In… John Hersey
