To die would have been beautiful. But I belong to those who do not die for the sake of beauty.
Agnes SmedleyFor the first week of the Sian events I was a first aid worker in the streets of Sian.
Agnes SmedleyBut settled things were enemies to me and soon lost their newness and color. The unknown called.
Agnes SmedleySo I had to be the doctor to these wounded men until we could remove them to the hospital. There were fifty-four women and forty little boys with the Red Army prisoners, and I went daily to take care of them also.
Agnes Smedley