Desire may reflect anything from a desperate need to a transitory want. In either case, wealth is anything that satisfies the craving. It applies balm to the itch. It may, in fact, gratify more than one desire at a time. We may want a touch of beauty on our living room wall. A painting, even an inexpensive reproduction, may provide a small surge of pleasure every time we pause to look at it. The same work of art may simultaneously fulfill our desire to impress visitors with our splendid good taste, or our social importance. But wealth can also be a bank account, a bicycle, a hoard of food or a health insurance policy.  Revolutionary Wealth

“It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.”  1984

“Nothing was more excruciating to the hunger artist than such watchers. They depressed him.”  A Hunger Artist

Those that will combat use and custom by the strict rules of grammar do but jest. Essays