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title: "5 Camps Quotes By Martha Gellhorn"
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> [In the last camp they all ate grass, until the authorities forbade them to pull it up. They were accustomed to having…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-gellhorn/in-the-last-camp-they-all-ate-grass-until-the-authorities-forbade/)

[Martha Gellhorn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-gellhorn/)

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> [Thousand got away to other countries; thousands returned to Spain tempted by false promises of kindness. By the tens of thousands, these…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-gellhorn/thousand-got-away-to-other-countries-thousands-returned-to-spain/)

[Martha Gellhorn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-gellhorn/)

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> [It is charming the way everyone in the South says, 'Come back.' This is the regulation farewell at gas stations, soda fountains,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-gellhorn/it-is-charming-the-way-everyone-in-the-south-says-come-back-this-is/)

[Martha Gellhorn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-gellhorn/)

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> [There were ten concentration camps in France from 1939 on.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-gellhorn/there-were-ten-concentration-camps-in-france-from-1939-on/)

[Martha Gellhorn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-gellhorn/)

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> [Furthermore, they were constantly informed by all the camp authorities that they had been abandoned by the world: they were beggars and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-gellhorn/furthermore-they-were-constantly-informed-by-all-the-camp-authorities/)

[Martha Gellhorn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-gellhorn/)

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## Other authors on Camps

## More by Martha Gellhorn

> [Nothing is better for self-esteem than survival.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-gellhorn/nothing-is-better-for-self-esteem-than-survival/)

[Martha Gellhorn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-gellhorn/)

> [All politicians are bores and liars and fakes. I talk to people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-gellhorn/all-politicians-are-bores-and-liars-and-fakes-i-talk-to-people/)

[Martha Gellhorn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-gellhorn/)

> [“This was not the velvet embracing desert sky at El Geneina; this was infinite space. The idea of no boundaries, no end, is terrifying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-gellhorn/this-was-not-the-velvet-embracing-desert-sky-at-el-geneina-this-was/)

[Martha Gellhorn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-gellhorn/)

> [I do not see myself as a footnote to someone else's life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-gellhorn/i-do-not-see-myself-as-a-footnote-to-someone-else-s-life/)

[Martha Gellhorn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-gellhorn/)

> [the English don't go in for imagination: imagination is considered to be improper if not downright alarmist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-gellhorn/the-english-don-t-go-in-for-imagination-imagination-is-considered-to/)

[Martha Gellhorn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-gellhorn/)

> [My definition of what makes a journey wholly or partially horrible is boredom.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-gellhorn/my-definition-of-what-makes-a-journey-wholly-or-partially-horrible-is/)

[Martha Gellhorn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-gellhorn/)

> [Joseph McCarthy, the Junior Republican Senator from Wisconsin, ruled America like devil king for four years. His purges were an American mirror image of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-gellhorn/joseph-mccarthy-the-junior-republican-senator-from-wisconsin-ruled/)

[Martha Gellhorn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-gellhorn/)

> [Public opinion, though slow as lava, in the end forces governments towards more sanity, more justice. My heroes and heroines are all private citizens.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-gellhorn/public-opinion-though-slow-as-lava-in-the-end-forces-governments/)

[Martha Gellhorn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-gellhorn/)

> [I daresay I was the worst bed partner in five continents.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-gellhorn/i-daresay-i-was-the-worst-bed-partner-in-five-continents/)

[Martha Gellhorn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-gellhorn/)

> [Once you get a tyranny, you don't easily get rid of it. Much better to remember about eternal vigilance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-gellhorn/once-you-get-a-tyranny-you-don-t-easily-get-rid-of-it-much-better-to/)

[Martha Gellhorn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-gellhorn/)

> [In the last camp they all ate grass, until the authorities forbade them to pull it up. They were accustomed to having the fruits…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-gellhorn/in-the-last-camp-they-all-ate-grass-until-the-authorities-forbade/)

[Martha Gellhorn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-gellhorn/)

> [Citizenship is a tough occupation which obliges the citizen to make his own informed opinion and stand by it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-gellhorn/citizenship-is-a-tough-occupation-which-obliges-the-citizen-to-make/)

[Martha Gellhorn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-gellhorn/)

> [Americans did not acquire their fear neurosis as the result of a traumatic experience - war devasting their country, pestilence sweeping the land, famine…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-gellhorn/americans-did-not-acquire-their-fear-neurosis-as-the-result-of-a/)

[Martha Gellhorn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-gellhorn/)

> [From the earliest wars of men to our last heart-breaking worldwide effort, all we could do was kill ourselves. Now we are able to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-gellhorn/from-the-earliest-wars-of-men-to-our-last-heart-breaking-worldwide/)

[Martha Gellhorn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-gellhorn/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-gellhorn/why-do-people-talk-of-the-horrors-of-old-age-it-s-great-i-feel-like-a/)

[Martha Gellhorn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-gellhorn/)

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