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John Hersey Quotes

I thought of God as being able to talk big and write *very* small Picture Quote #1

My two major faults are that I row too long and pick up too many women Picture Quote #1

Learning starts with failure; the first failure is the beginning of education Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

The final test of a work of art is not whether it has beauty, but whether it has power Picture Quote #1

The writer must not invent. The legend on the license must read: NONE OF THIS WAS MADE UP Picture Quote #1

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The reality is that changes are coming... They must come. You must share in bringing them Picture Quote #1

The doctors realized in retrospect that even though most of these dead had also suffered from burns and blast effects, they had absorbed enough radiation to kill them. The rays simply destroyed body cells - caused their nuclei to degenerate and broke their walls Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Events are less important than our responses to them Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

To be a writer is to throw away a great deal, not to be satisfied, to type again, and then again and once more, and over and over Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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? Picture Quote #1

There, in the tin factory, in the first moment of the atomic age, a human being was crushed by books Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

Journalism allows its readers to witness history; fiction gives its readers an opportunity to live it Picture Quote #1

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I thought of God as being able to talk big and write *very* small (John Hersey Quotes) My two major faults are that I row too long and pick up too many women (John Hersey Quotes) Learning starts with failure; the first failure is the beginning of education (John Hersey Quotes) 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 Quotes) The final test of a work of art is not whether it has beauty, but whether it has power (John Hersey Quotes) The writer must not invent. The legend on the license must read: NONE OF THIS WAS MADE UP (John Hersey Quotes) The reality is that changes are coming... They must come. You must share in bringing them (John Hersey Quotes) The doctors realized in retrospect that even though most of these dead had also suffered from burns and blast effects, they had absorbed enough radiation to kill them. The rays simply destroyed body cells - caused their nuclei to degenerate and broke their walls (John Hersey Quotes) 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 Quotes) 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 Quotes) Events are less important than our responses to them (John Hersey Quotes) 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 Quotes) 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 Quotes) 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 Quotes) To be a writer is to throw away a great deal, not to be satisfied, to type again, and then again and once more, and over and over (John Hersey Quotes) 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 Quotes) 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 Quotes) There, in the tin factory, in the first moment of the atomic age, a human being was crushed by books (John Hersey Quotes) 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 Quotes) Journalism allows its readers to witness history; fiction gives its readers an opportunity to live it (John Hersey Quotes)