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Quote #10
Late in February, 1946, a friend of Miss Sasaki's called on Father Kleinsorge and asked him to visit her in the hospital. She had been growing more and more depressed and morbid; she seemed little interested in living. Father Kleinsorge went to see her several times. On his first visit, he kept the conversation general, formal, and yet vaguely sympathetic, and did not mention religion. Miss Sasaki herself brought it up the second time he dropped in on her. Evidently she had had some talks with a Catholic. She asked bluntly, "If your God is so good and kind, how can he let people suffer like this?" She made a gesture which took in her shrunken leg, the other patients in her room, and Hiroshima as a whole. (4.26)
Miss Sasaki's overall health—mental and physical—improved dramatically when a friend introduced her to Father Kleinsorge. Even though she didn't start out religious, talking to him seemed to improve her attitude and mood, which seemed to help her recovery. Their meeting definitely marked the beginning of life getting a lot better for Miss Sasaki.