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. truth
It would be a bitter cosmic joke if we destroy ourselves due to atrophy of the imagination. imagination
Martha Gellhorn Novelist
- Gender: Female
- Citizenship: United States
- Born: Nov 8, 1908
- Died: Feb 15, 1998
Martha Ellis Gellhorn was an American novelist, travel writer, and journalist, who is considered one of the greatest war correspondents of the 20th century. She reported on virtually every major world conflict that took place during her 60-year career. Gellhorn was also the third wife of American novelist Ernest Hemingway, from 1940 to 1945. At the age of 89, ill and almost completely blind, she committed suicide. The Martha Gellhorn Prize for Journalism is named after her.