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Gertrude Bell Quotes

There is nothing more difficult to measure than the value of visible emotion.

There is nothing more difficult to measure than the value of visible emotion.

Gertrude Bell (2014). “Persian Pictures: From the Mountains to the Sea”, p.42, I.B.Tauris

To wake in that desert dawn was like waking in the heart of an opal. ... See the desert on a fine morning and die - if you can!

Gertrude Bell (2012). “The Desert and the Sown: Travels in Palestine and Syria”, p.64, Courier Corporation

It's so nice to be a spoke in the wheel, one that helps to turn, not one that hinders.

Gertrude Bell (2014). “The Letters of Gertrude Bell”, p.1761, eStar Books