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You go into a hospital, and it's full of wounded kids. So you write what you see and how it is. You don't say there's 37 wounded children in this hospital, but maybe there's 38 wounded children on the other side. You write what you see.

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It would be impossible to explain the last war to these children, let alone preparations for another. They really know about war and what it does to life.... Adults could not persuade these small survivors that it is always necessary to make the world safe for democracy, but never safe for children.

Martha Gellhorn

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Martha Gellhorn

Martha Gellhorn

Born: November 8, 1908
Died: February 15, 1998 (aged 89)
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