I followed the war wherever I could reach it. Martha Gellhorn reachwar Change image and share on social
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 suggestunderstandwar Change image and share on social
There were ten concentration camps in France from 1939 on. Martha Gellhorn campconcentrationfrance Change image and share on social
I only knew about daily life. It was said, well, it isn't everybody's daily life. That is why I started. Martha Gellhorn dailyknowlife Change image and share on social
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 americacollectengland Change image and share on social
It would be a bitter cosmic joke if we destroy ourselves due to atrophy of the imagination. Martha Gellhorn atrophybittercosmic Change image and share on social
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 appetizinggraduallyhabit Change image and share on social
In the last camp they all ate grass, until the authorities forbade them to pull it up. They were accustomed to having the fruits of their little communal gardens stolen by the guards, after they had done all the work; but at the last camp everything was stolen. Martha Gellhorn accustomauthoritycamp share on social
I see mysteries and complications wherever I look, and I have never met a steadily logical person. Martha Gellhorn complicationlogicalmeet Change image and share on social
The road passed through a curtain of pine forest and came out on a flat, rolling snow field. In this field the sprawled or bunched bodies of Germans lay thick, like some dark shapeless vegetable. Martha Gellhorn bodybunchcurtain Change image and share on social