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Between his eyes, there were four lines, the marks of such misery as children should never feel. He spoke with that wonderful whisky voice that so many Spanish children have, and he was a tough and entire little boy.

Martha Gellhorn

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Martha Gellhorn
Age: 89 †
Born: 1908
Born: November 8
Died: 1998
Died: February 15
Journalist
Novelist
War Correspondent
Writer
St. Louis
Missouri
Martha Ellis Gellhorn
Little
Boys
Spanish
Many
Lines
Marks
Feel
Wonderful
Spokes
Feels
Eyes
Spoke
Children
Four
Misery
Never
Eye
Entire
Voice
Mark
Whisky
Littles
Tough
Whiskey

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