The crux of the matter is whether total war in its present form is justifiable, even when it serves a just purpose. Does it not have material and spiritual evil as its consequences which far exceed whatever good might result? When will our moralists give us an answer to this question?
John HerseyTo be a writer is to throw away a great deal, not to be satisfied, to type again, and then again and once more, and over and over.
John HerseyThere, in the tin factory, in the first moment of the atomic age, a human being was crushed by books.
John HerseyDo 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.
John Hersey