60 Quotes by John Hersey

The third stage was the reaction that came when the body struggled to compensate for its ills – when, for instance, the white count not only returned to normal but increased to much higher than normal levels.

The frequency of the warnings and the continued abstinence of Mr. B with respect to Hiroshima had made its citizens jittery; a rumor was going around that the Americans were saving something special for the city.

ABOUT a week after the bomb dropped, a vague, incomprehensible rumor reached Hiroshima – that the city had been destroyed by the energy released when atoms were somehow split in two.

Such clouds of dust had risen that there was a sort of twilight around.

The class of people to which Nakamura-san belonged came, therefore, to be called by a more neutral name, “hibakusha” – literally, “explosion-affected persons.

It seems logical that he who supports total war in principle cannot complain of a war against civilians. The crux of the matter is whether total war in its present form is justifiable, even when it serves a just purpose.