the English don't go in for imagination: imagination is considered to be improper if not downright alarmist.
Martha GellhornIn the end, in England, when you want to find out how people are feeling, you always go to the pubs.
Martha GellhornThousand got away to other countries; thousands returned to Spain tempted by false promises of kindness. By the tens of thousands, these Spaniards died of neglect in the concentration camps.
Martha Gellhorn