Quote by Martha Gellhorn
After the desperate years of their own war, after six years of rep

After the desperate years of their own war, after six years of repression inside Spain and six years of horror in exile, these people remain intact in spirit. They are armed with a transcendent faith they have never won, and yet they have never accepted defeat. – Martha Gellhorn

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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

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Why do people talk of the horrors of old age? Its great. I feel like a fine old car with the parts gradually wearing out, but Im not complaining,… Those who find growing old terrible are people who havent done what they wanted with their lives. – Martha Gellhorn

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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. – Martha Gellhorn

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Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into the light. – Helen Keller

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Faith is a living, daring confidence in Gods grace, so sure and certain that a man could stake his life on it a thousand times. – Martin Luther

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According to your faith; be it done unto you. – Bible

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Faith, there hath been many great men that have flattered the people who neer loved them. – William Shakespeare

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