Books Quote by John Hersey

When the writing is really working, I think there is something like dreaming going on. I don't know how to draw the line between…

— John Hersey

Learning starts with failure; the first failure is the beginning of education.

— 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…

— John Hersey

“Mankind must destroy anti-humanity before it becomes extinct itself.”

— John Hersey

“This private estate was far enough away from the explosion so that its bamboos, pines, laurel, and maples were still alive, and the green…

— 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…

— John Hersey

To my great surprise, I never heard anyone cry out in the disorder, even though they suffered in great agony. They died in silence,…

— 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…

— John Hersey

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

— John Hersey

Journalism allows its readers to witness history; fiction gives its readers an opportunity to live it.

— 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…

— 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…

— John Hersey