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John Hersey was an American writer born on June 17, 1914, and died on March 24, 1993. Known for his profound insight into human nature and his deep reflections on war and peace.

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Famous John Hersey Quotes

“Do not work primarily for money; do your duty to patients first and let the money follow; our life is short, we don't live twice; the whirlwind will pick up the leaves and spin them, but then it will drop them and they will form a pile.”

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Book:Hiroshima

Source: Hiroshima

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

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Book:The Child Buyer

Source: The Child Buyer

“The second stage set in ten or fifteen days after the bombing. The main symptom was falling hair. Diarrhoea and fever, which in some cases went as high as 106, came next.”

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Author:John Hersey

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

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Author:John Hersey

About the Author

Born: June 17, 1914
Died: March 24, 1993
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 27

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