We may be together for another six monthsโa yearโthereโs no knowing. At the end weโre certain to be apart. Do you realize how utterly alone we shall be?
George OrwellDon't you see that the whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought? Has it ever occurred to you, Winston, that by the year 2050, at the very latest, not a single human being will be alive who could understand such a conversation as we are having now?
George OrwellEnvy is a horrible thing. It is unlike all other kinds of suffering in that there is no disguising it, no elevating it into tragedy. It is more than merely painful, it is disgusting.
George Orwell