Rodney Barker > Quotes

“War leaves a legacy of human suffering that does not end with peace.”
― Rodney Barker, The Hiroshima Maidens: A Story of Courage, Compassion & Survival

“Truths are best perceived after looking at all sides.”
― Rodney Barker, The Hiroshima Maidens: A Story of Courage, Compassion & Survival

“it was not always war with its urgent necessities that could pull people together and turn a vision into a practical project.”
― Rodney Barker, Hiroshima Maidens: A remarkable survival story

“at least a glimmer of hope that man can, if he will try, heal himself rather than destroy himself.”
― Rodney Barker, Hiroshima Maidens: A remarkable survival story

“It was her life to live not take.”
― Rodney Barker, The Hiroshima Maidens: A Story of Courage, Compassion & Survival

“Friendship develops easily in the sunshine of joy and happiness, but the friendship that grows in the darkness of sorrow and tragedy has roots that are firmer and deeper, and blossoms that last much longer.”
― Rodney Barker, Hiroshima Maidens: A remarkable survival story

“The experience of being cared for and made to feel wanted had brought out a creative growth in their response to life and other people. Being loved had re-established their own capacity for loving.”
― Rodney Barker, Hiroshima Maidens: A remarkable survival story

“Suppose,” Helen Yokoyama said, “that some people have a philosophy of life which enables them to regard all human beings as belonging to a single family. Even though they might not know each other, even though they might live thousands of miles apart, they might still believe in their”
― Rodney Barker, Hiroshima Maidens: A remarkable survival story

“closeness to one another and in their obligations to one another. The same love that members of a family feel for one another can be felt by these people for all others, especially for those who are terribly in need of help. Is this not possible?”
― Rodney Barker, Hiroshima Maidens: A remarkable survival story