Martha Gellhorn Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“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.”

“I daresay I was the worst bed partner in five continents.”

“I followed the war wherever I could reach it.”

“I didn't write. I just wandered about.”

“There were ten concentration camps in France from 1939 on.”

“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.”

“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.”

“Furthermore, they were constantly informed by all the camp authorities that they had been abandoned by the world: they were beggars and lucky to receive the daily soup of starvation.”

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

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