"Hiroshima" Quotes
The book "Hiroshima" by John Hersey provides a powerful and harrowing account of the experiences of six survivors of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.
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Quotes
The world was full of their enemies, and they had to kill or be killed.
The pain was so great and violent that it seemed to them that they were being continually beaten with red-hot iron rods.
Everything was gone. The whole city was gone.
The human race was finished.
The river was clogged with corpses; the water was hard to look at.
They could no longer recognize any of the houses; everything had crumbled.
The world was a nightmare; and there was no awakening from it.
The world would be better off if people tried to become better people.
There was nothing to eat; they were weak from hunger.
Their bodies were covered with burns; their hair was falling out.
