Author: Martha Gellhorn

Quotes

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

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

I followed the war wherever I could reach it.

I followed the war wherever I could reach it.

- Martha Gellhorn

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 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

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

But now that the guerrilla fighting is over, the Spaniards are again men without a country or families or homes or work, though everyone appreciates very much what they did.

But now that the guerrilla fighting is over, the Spaniards are again men without a country or families or homes or work, though everyone appreciates very much what they did.

- Martha Gellhorn

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