Mrs Weaver nosed among the books, too dim-witted to grasp that they were in alphabetical order.

In our age there is no such thing as 'keeping out of politics.' All issues are political issues, and politics itself is a mass of lies, evasions, folly, hatred and schizophrenia.

The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.

I have tipped waiters, and I have been tipped by waiters.

If I had understood the situation a bit better I should probably have joined the Anarchists.

All the papers that matter live off their advertisements, and the advertisers exercise an indirect censorship over news.

She's beautiful,' he murmured. 'She's a metre across the hips, easily,' said Julia. 'That is her style of beauty,' said Winston.