To survive it is often necessary to fight and to fight you have to dirty yourself.

Now he had recognized himself as a dead man it became important to stay alive as long as possible.

In moments of crisis one is never fighting against an external enemy but always against one's own body.

There is no such thing as a naval dictatorship.

You are a slow learner, Winston." "How can I help it? How can I help but see what is in front of my eyes? Two and two are four." "Sometimes, Winston. Sometimes they are five. Sometimes they are three. Sometimes they are all of them at once. You must try harder. It is not easy to become sane.

Man's greatest drive is not love or hate but to change another person's writing.

A human being is primarily a bag for putting food into.