"There, in the tin factory, in the first……" — John Hersey

There, in the tin factory, in the first moment of the atomic… - John Hersey

"There, in the tin factory, in the first moment of the atomic age, a human being was crushed by books."

— John Hersey

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21 Quotes by John Hersey

John Hersey has 21 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

To be a writer is to throw away a great deal, not to be satisfied, to type again, and then…
The second stage set in ten or fifteen days after the bombing. Its first symptom was falling hair. Diarrhea and…
It's a failure of national vision when you regard children as weapons, and talents as materials you can mine, assay,…
The writer must not invent. The legend on the license must read: NONE OF THIS WAS MADE UP.
My two major faults are that I row too long and pick up too many women
Events are less important than our responses to them.
At exactly fifteen minutes past eight in the morning, on August 6, 1945, Japanese time, at the moment when the…
What has kept the world safe from the bomb since 1945 has not been deterrence, in the sense of fear…
Journalism allows its readers to witness history; fiction gives its readers an opportunity to live it.
The crux of the matter is whether total war in its present form is justifiable, even when it serves a…
Do not work primarily for money; do your duty to patients first and let the money follow; our life is…
The reality is that changes are coming... They must come. You must share in bringing them.

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More Age Quotes

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To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would… — Hannah Arendt
We live in an age of instant knowledge. And there's almost a sense of entitlement to that. — J. J. Abrams
Education is the best provision for old age. — Aristotle
Bashfulness is an ornament to youth, but a reproach to old age. — Aristotle
It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims. — Aristotle
I love things that age well - things that don't date, that stand the test of time and that become… — Giorgio Armani
I knew from the age of 16 that I wanted to be a writer because I just didn't think I… — Paul Auster
The freethinking of one age is the common sense of the next. — Matthew Arnold
You can fake your age or mask it, but the passion that moves the characters has to be real. — Victoria Abril
In every age 'the good old days' were a myth. No one ever thought they were good at the time.… — Brooks Atkinson
Another belief of mine; that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise. — Margaret Atwood
For years I wanted to be older, and now I am. — Margaret Atwood

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