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British Author, Writer June 25, 1903 – January 21, 1950

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I often have the feeling that even at the best of times literary criticism is fraudulent, since in the absence of any accepted standards whatever -- any external reference which can give meaning to the statement that such and such a book is "good" or "bad" -- every literary judgement consists in trumping up a set of rules to justify an instinctive preference. One's real reaction to a book, when one has a reaction at all, is usually "I like this book" or "I don't like it" and what follows is a... George Orwell
George Orwell quote: "You wanted a good time; "they," meaning the Party, wanted to..."
You wanted a good time; "they," meaning the Party, wanted to stop you having it; you broke the rules as best you could. George Orwell
It said what he would have said, if it had been possible for him to set his scattered thoughts in order. It was the product of a mind similar to his own, but enormously more powerful, more systematic, less fear-ridden. The best books, he perceived, are those that tell you what you know already. George Orwell
Part of the reason for the ugliness of adults, in a child's eyes, is that the child is usually looking upwards, and few faces are at their best when seen from below. George Orwell
George Orwell quote: "The best books... are those that tell you what you know already."
The best books... are those that tell you what you know already. George Orwell
On a ruinous wall I came upon a poster dating from the previous year and announcing that ‘six handsome bulls’ would be killed in the arena on such and such a date. How forlorn its faded colours looked. Where were the handsome bulls and the handsome bull-fighters now? It appeared that even in Barcelona there were hardly any bullfights nowadays - for some reason all the best matadors were Fascists. George Orwell
It appeared that even in Barcelona there were hardly any bullfights nowadays; for some reason all the best matadors were Fascists. George Orwell
George Orwell quote: "All the best matadors were Fascists."
All the best matadors were Fascists. George Orwell

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