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George Orwell quotes

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

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The smell of her hair, the taste of her mouth, the feeling of her skin seemed to have got inside him, or into the air all round him. She had become a physical necessity. George Orwell
It was terribly dangerous to let your thoughts wander when you were in any public place or within range of a telescreen. The smallest thing could give you away. A nervous tic, an unconscious of anxiety, a habit of muttering to yourself__anything that carried the suggestion of abnormality, of having something to hide. In any case, to wear an improper expression on your face (to look incredulous when a victory was announced, for example) was itself a punishable offense. There was even a word... George Orwell
George Orwell quote: "Since that time, war had literally been continuous, though..."
Since that time, war had literally been continuous, though strictly speaking it had not always been the same war. George Orwell
George Orwell quote: "In times of universal deceit, telling the truth will be a..."
In times of universal deceit, telling the truth will be a revolutionary act. George Orwell
George Orwell quote: "In a time of universal deceit - telling the truth is a..."
In a time of universal deceit - telling the truth is a revolutionary act. George Orwell
George Orwell quote: "During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a..."
During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. George Orwell
A hideous ecstasy of fear and vindictiveness, a desire to kill, to torture, to smash faces in with a sledge hammer, seemed to flow through the whole group of people like an electric current, turning one even against one's will into a grimacing, screaming lunatic. And yet the rage that one felt was an abstract, undirected emotion which could be switched from one object to another like the flame of a blowlamp. George Orwell
The enemy of the moment always represented absolute evil, and it followed that any past or future agreement with him was impossible. George Orwell
We of the sinking middle class may sink without further struggles into the working class where we belong, and probably when we get there it will not be so dreadful as we feared, for, after all, we have nothing to lose. George Orwell
The war, therefore, if we judge it by the standards of previous wars, is merely an imposture. It is like the battles between certain ruminant animals whose horns are set at such an angle that they are incapable of hurting one another. George Orwell
He disliked nearly all women and especially the young and pretty ones who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party the swallowers of slogans the amateur spies and nosers-out of unorthodoxy. George Orwell
George Orwell quote: "People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because..."
People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf. George Orwell
George Orwell quote: "It was like trying to make a move at chess when you were..."
It was like trying to make a move at chess when you were already mated. George Orwell
There was a direct, intimate connection between chastity and political orthodoxy. For how could the fear, the hatred, and the lunatic credulity which the Party needed in its members be kept at the right pitch except by bottling down some powerful instinct and using it as a driving force? The sex impulse was dangerous to the Party, and the Party had turned it to account. George Orwell
George Orwell quote: "Why should be fruit be held inferior to the flower?"
Why should be fruit be held inferior to the flower? George Orwell

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