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# Peter Goldman

Literary Scholar

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Peter Goldman is a literary scholar.

## Quick Facts About Peter Goldman

Profession Literary Scholar

## About Peter Goldman

Literary scholar.

##  Quotes by Peter Goldman

> [Playing poker in their Quonset hut on Tinian, killing the last hours of the preatomic age.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-goldman/playing-poker-in-their-quonset-hut-on-tinian-killing-the-last-hours/)

Peter Goldman

[Age](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/age/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a2/peter-goldman-69676_age_playing-poker-in-their-quonset-hut-on-ti_399249.jpg)

> [The bodies lay on the ground like damaged goods from a warehouse.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-goldman/the-bodies-lay-on-the-ground-like-damaged-goods-from-a-warehouse/)

Peter Goldman

[Damaged goods](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/damaged-goods/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e13/peter-goldman-69676_damaged-goods_the-bodies-lay-on-the-ground-like-damage_690069.jpg)

> [It was as if Japan had fallen victim to a case of collective amnesia.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-goldman/it-was-as-if-japan-had-fallen-victim-to-a-case-of-collective-amnesia/)

Peter Goldman

[Amnesia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/amnesia/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a4/peter-goldman-69676_quote_it-was-as-if-japan-had-fallen-victim-to_1769762.jpg)

> [“The dream was ennobling but doomed. It was Malcolm's curse to see this before the most of the rest of us; it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-goldman/the-dream-was-ennobling-but-doomed-it-was-malcolm-s-curse-to-see-this/)

Peter Goldman

[Black americans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/black-americans/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5cf/peter-goldman-69676_black-americans_the-dream-was-ennobling-but-doomed-it-wa_3222271.jpg)

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