Has it ever occurred to you,' he said, 'that the whole history of English poetry has been de-termined by the fact that the English language lacks rhymes?
George OrwellOne has to belong to the intelligentsia to believe things like that: no ordinary man could be such a fool.
George OrwellPerhaps a lunatic was simply a minority of one. At one time it had been a sign of madness to believe that the Earth goes round the Sun; today, to believe the past is inalterable. He might be alone in holding that belief, and if alone, then a lunatic. But the thought of being a lunatic did not greatly trouble him; the horror was that he might also be wrong.
George OrwellIn moments of crisis one is never fighting against an external enemy but always against one's own body.
George Orwell