War is a way of shattering to pieces... materials which might otherwise be used to make the masses too comfortable and... too intelligent.
George OrwellIf you can feel that staying human is worth while, even when it can't have any practical result whatsoever, you've beaten them.
George OrwellI have the most evil memories of Spain, but I have very few bad memories of Spaniards.
George OrwellIt struck him that the truly characteristic thing about modern life was not its cruelty and insecurity, but simply its bareness, its dinginess, its listlessness. Life, if you looked about you, bore no resemblance not only to the lies that streamed out of the telescreens, but even to the ideals that the party was trying to achieve.
George Orwell