“But if there was hope, it lay in the proles. You had to cling on to that. When you put it in words it sounded reasonable: it was when you looked at the human beings passing you on the pavement that it became an act of faith.” 1984
To be like the rock that the waves keep crashing over. It stands unmoved and the raging of the sea falls still around it. Book IV
The sight of a wedding always has a disturbing effect on young girls; at such moments a mysterious sense of solidarity with their own sex takes possession of them. Beware of Pity
I write only for my shadow which is cast on the wall in front of the light. I must introduce myself to it. The Blind Owl
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