I see mysteries and complications wherever I look, and I have never met a steadily logical person. Martha Gellhorn Read Quote
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 Read Quote
Citizenship is a tough occupation which obliges the citizen to make his own informed opinion and stand by it. Martha Gellhorn Read Quote
It would be a bitter cosmic joke if we destroy ourselves due to atrophy of the imagination. Martha Gellhorn Read Quote
Between his eyes, there were four lines, the marks of such misery as children should never feel. He spoke with that wonderful whisky voice that so many Spanish children have, and he was a tough and entire little boy. Martha Gellhorn Read Quote
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 Read Quote
Why do people talk of the horrors of old age? It’s great. I feel like a fine old car with the parts gradually wearing out, but I’m not complaining,… Those who find growing old terrible are people who haven’t done what they wanted with their lives. Martha Gellhorn Read Quote
Thousand got away to other countries; thousands returned to Spain tempted by false promises of kindness. By the tens of thousands, these Spaniards died of neglect in the concentration camps. Martha Gellhorn Read Quote