Perhaps it is only when people are somewhere near the starvation level that they have anything to sing about.
George OrwellA man who gives a good account of himself is probably lying, since any life when viewed from the inside is simply a series of defeats.
George OrwellHow could you communicate with the future? It was impossible. Either the future would resemble the present in which case it would not listen to him, or it would be different from it, and his predicament would be meaningless.
George Orwell