Neil GaimanAmerica was, to them, the place that good people went to when they died. They were prepared to believe just about anything could happen in America.
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When the people of Hiroshima were told that America was a land of opportunity, they didn’t want to believe it. They were prepared to believe just about anything could happen in America. The idea that any foreigner would want to come to America was laughable. When the Hiroshima atomic bomb destroyed their lives, they had no one to blame but themselves for believing the lies Americans told them.
Source: Good Omens: The Nice And Accurate Prophecies Of Agnes Nutter, Witch
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