John Hersey Quotes

John Hersey

American Writer

Born: Jun 17, 1914

Died: Mar 24, 1993

Doctors Down Education Failure First Stage

Related authors: Dale Carnegie Denis Waitley Dr. Seuss H. L. Mencken Napoleon Hill Ray Bradbury W. E. B. Du Bois William Arthur Ward

The doctors realized in retrospect that even though most of these dead had also suffered from burns and blast effects, they had absorbed enough radiation to kill them. The rays simply destroyed body cells - caused their nuclei to degenerate and broke their walls. John Hersey

Walls Doctors Enough Though Broke Destroyed Degenerate Had Blast Absorb Simply Rays Most Also Dead Retrospect Caused Effects Cells Burns Them Realized Body Radiation Even Suffered

The second stage set in ten or fifteen days after the bombing. Its first symptom was falling hair. Diarrhea and fever, which in some cases went as high as 106, came next. John Hersey

All morning they watched for the plane which they thought would be looking for them. They cursed war in general and PTs in particular. At about ten o'clock the hulk heaved a moist sigh and turned turtle. John Hersey

War Morning Thought Looking Sigh Would Would-Be About Ten General Particular Hulk Cursed Which Them Plane Turned Turtle Watched

And, as if nature were protecting man against his own ingenuity, the reproductive processes were affected for a time; men became sterile, women had miscarriages, menstruation stopped. John Hersey

Time Nature Man Women Men Own Had Sterile Protecting Became Were Affected His Stopped Reproductive Processes Against Ingenuity

No more John Hersey quotes

Haven't find the right quote? Try quotes from authors related to John Hersey.