Quotes by Gellhorn, Martha




Martha Gellhorn.

"People may correctly remember the events of twenty years ago (a remarkable feat), but who remembers his fears, his disgusts, his tone of voice? It is like trying to bring back the weather of that time."

Gellhorn, Martha on memory    Share


"Unless they are immediate victims, the majority of mankind behaves as if war was an act of God which could not be prevented; or they behave as if war elsewhere was none of their business. It would be a bitter cosmic joke if we destroy ourselves due to atrophy of the imagination."

Gellhorn, Martha on war    Share

"I see mysteries and complications wherever I look, and I have never met a steadily logical person."

Gellhorn, Martha on complexity    Share

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