“It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.” 1984
What could be more serious than the love of man for woman, what more commanding, more impressive, bearing in its bosom the seeds of death; at the same time these lovers, these people entering into illusion glittering eyed, must be danced round with mockery, decorated with garlands. To the Lighthouse
People with blood group B or O have a greater resistance to smallpox than do people with blood group A. Guns, Germs And Steel
It seemed ... such nonsense -- inventing differences, when people, heaven knows, were different enough without that. To the Lighthouse
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