Winston Smith: Does Big Brother exist? O'Brien: Of course he exists. Winston Smith: Does he exist like you or me? O'Brien: You do not exist.

A 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.

If it is possible to cut a word out, always cut it out

The smell of her hair, the taste of her mouth, the feeling of her skin seemed to have got inside him, or into the air all round him. She had become a physical necessity.

Pacifism is objectively pro-Fascist

Whoever controls the image and information of the past determines what and how future generations will think; whoever controls the information and images of the present determines how those same people will view the past." "He who controls the past commands the future. He who commands the future conquers the past.

In general, the greater the understanding, the greater the delusion; the more intelligent, the less sane.