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I know enough to know that no woman should ever marry a man who hated his mother.

Martha Gellhorn

1969

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Gellhorn, Martha. "Letter to Sandy Gellhorn, 13 Oct. 1969." Selected Letters of Martha Gellhorn, edited by Caroline Moorehead. Holt, 2007. Originally a letter to Sandy Gellhorn, 13 Oct. 1969.

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