It was like swimming against a current that swept you backwards however hard you struggled, and then suddenly deciding to turn round and go with the current instead of opposing it. Nothing had changed except your own attitude: the predestined thing happened in any case.

When I joined the militia I had promised myself to kill one Fascist - after all, if each of us killed one they would soon be extinct.

It is curious how people take it for granted that they have a right to preach at you and pray over you as soon as your income falls below a certain level.

It was soon noticed that when ever there was work to be done the cat could never be found.

Bad writers are nearly always haunted by the notion that Latin or Greek words are grander than Saxon ones.

The masses never revolt of their own accord, and they never revolt merely because they are oppressed. Indeed, so long as they are not permitted to have standards of comparison, they never even become aware that they are oppressed.

I enjoy talking to you. Your mind appeals to me. It resembles my own mind except that you happen to be insane.