Category: Martha Gellhorn

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Martha Gellhorn Truth

Martha Gellhorn | truth

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.

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Martha Gellhorn | imagination

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

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great Martha Gellhorn

Martha Gellhorn | great

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.

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Food Martha Gellhorn

Martha Gellhorn | food

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

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Faith Martha Gellhorn

Martha Gellhorn | faith

After the desperate years of their own war, after six years of repression inside Spain and six years of horror in exile, these people remain intact in spirit. They are armed with a transcendent faith they have never won, and yet they have never accepted defeat.

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car Martha Gellhorn

Martha Gellhorn | car

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.

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age Martha Gellhorn

Quote from Martha Gellhorn | age

age

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Martha Gellhorn Selected Letters

Quote from Martha Gellhorn, Selected Letters

I know enough to know that no woman should ever marry a man who hated his mother.

What was the most famous confederate prison camp, known for its harsh conditions during the civil war ?. An invitation to diy candle kits===. Thankfully, nature offers fragrant solutions in the form of essential oils and inhalants.