Author: Martha Gellhorn

Quotes

It would be a bitter cosmic joke if we destroy ourselves due to atrophy of the imagination.

It would be a bitter cosmic joke if we destroy ourselves due to atrophy of the imagination.

- Martha Gellhorn

I followed the war wherever I could reach it.

I followed the war wherever I could reach it.

- Martha Gellhorn

I only knew about daily life. It was said, well, it isn't everybody's daily life. That is why I started.

I only knew about daily life. It was said, well, it isn't everybody's daily life. That is why I started.

- Martha Gellhorn

I found out about the Spanish war because I was in Germany when it began.

I found out about the Spanish war because I was in Germany when it began.

- Martha Gellhorn

And though various organizations in America and England collected money and sent food parcels to these refugees, nothing was ever received by the Spanish.

And though various organizations in America and England collected money and sent food parcels to these refugees, nothing was ever received by the Spanish.

- Martha Gellhorn

Then somebody suggested I should write about the war, and I said I didn't know anything about the war. I did not understand anything about it. I didn't see how I could write it.

Then somebody suggested I should write about the war, and I said I didn't know anything about the war. I did not understand anything about it. I didn't see how I could write it.

- Martha Gellhorn

Gradually I came to realize that people will more readily swallow lies than truth, as if the taste of lies was homey, appetizing: a habit.

Gradually I came to realize that people will more readily swallow lies than truth, as if the taste of lies was homey, appetizing: a habit.

- Martha Gellhorn

It is alleged that half a million Spanish men, women and children fled to France after the Franco victory.

It is alleged that half a million Spanish men, women and children fled to France after the Franco victory.

- Martha Gellhorn

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