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Martha Gellhorn Quotes

I see mysteries and complications wherever I look, and I have never met a steadily logical person Picture Quote #1

If I practised sex, out of moral conviction, that was one thing; but to enjoy it... seemed a defeat Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

I tell you loneliness is the thing to master. Courage and fear, love, death are only parts of it and can easily be ruled afterwards. If I make myself master my own loneliness there will be peace or safety: and perhaps these are the same Picture Quote #1

The only way I can pay back for what fate and society have handed me is to try, in minor totally useless ways, to make an angry sound against injustice Picture Quote #1

In more than half the nations of our world, torture certifies that the form of government is tyranny. Only tyranny, no matter how camouflaged, needs and employs torturers. Torture has no ideology Picture Quote #1

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I know enough to know that no woman should ever marry a man who hated his mother Picture Quote #1

A broken heart is such a shabby thing, like poverty and failure and the incurable diseases which are also deforming. I hate it and am ashamed of it, and I must somehow repair this heart and put it back into its normal condition, as a tough somewhat scarred but operating organ Picture Quote #1

I’m not interested in my standard of living, my health, my job, my rights, my freedoms, my future, or any future Picture Quote #1

The human spirit can be indomitable and it is this rare quality that is not at all to be expected that makes survivors of us all, the human race in the grand scheme of things Picture Quote #1

And though various organizations in America and England collected money and sent food parcels to these refugees, nothing was ever received by the Spanish Picture Quote #1

Journalism at its best and most effective is education. Apparently people would not learn for themselves, nor from others Picture Quote #1

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Public opinion, though slow as lava, in the end forces governments towards more sanity, more justice. My heroes and heroines are all private citizens Picture Quote #1

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I see mysteries and complications wherever I look, and I have never met a steadily logical person (Martha Gellhorn Quotes) If I practised sex, out of moral conviction, that was one thing; but to enjoy it... seemed a defeat (Martha Gellhorn Quotes) 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 Quotes) I tell you loneliness is the thing to master. Courage and fear, love, death are only parts of it and can easily be ruled afterwards. If I make myself master my own loneliness there will be peace or safety: and perhaps these are the same (Martha Gellhorn Quotes) The only way I can pay back for what fate and society have handed me is to try, in minor totally useless ways, to make an angry sound against injustice (Martha Gellhorn Quotes) In more than half the nations of our world, torture certifies that the form of government is tyranny. Only tyranny, no matter how camouflaged, needs and employs torturers. Torture has no ideology (Martha Gellhorn Quotes) I know enough to know that no woman should ever marry a man who hated his mother (Martha Gellhorn Quotes) A broken heart is such a shabby thing, like poverty and failure and the incurable diseases which are also deforming. I hate it and am ashamed of it, and I must somehow repair this heart and put it back into its normal condition, as a tough somewhat scarred but operating organ (Martha Gellhorn Quotes) I’m not interested in my standard of living, my health, my job, my rights, my freedoms, my future, or any future (Martha Gellhorn Quotes) The human spirit can be indomitable and it is this rare quality that is not at all to be expected that makes survivors of us all, the human race in the grand scheme of things (Martha Gellhorn Quotes) 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 Quotes) Journalism at its best and most effective is education. Apparently people would not learn for themselves, nor from others (Martha Gellhorn Quotes) Public opinion, though slow as lava, in the end forces governments towards more sanity, more justice. My heroes and heroines are all private citizens (Martha Gellhorn Quotes)

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