John Hersey Quotes

This Private Estate Was Far Enough Away From The Explosion So That Its Bamboos, Pines, Laurel, And Maples Were Still Alive, And The Green Place Invited Refugees - Partly Because They Believed That If The Americans Came Back, They Would Bomb Only Buildings; Partly Because The Foliage Seemed A Center Of Coolness And Life, And The Estate's Exquisitely Precise Rock Gardens, With Their Quiet Pools And Arching Bridges, Were Very Japanese, Normal, Secure; And Also Partly (according To Some Who Were There) Because Of An Irresistible, Atavistic Urge To Hide Under Leaves.

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