Do you begin to see, then, what kind of world we are creating? It is the exact opposite of the stupid hedonistic Utopias that the old reformers imagined. A world of fear and treachery and torment, a world of trampling and being trampled upon, a world which will grow not less but more merciless as it refines itself. Progress in our world will be progress toward more pain.
George OrwellAs I write, highly civilized human beings are flying overhead, trying to kill me. They do not feel any enmity against me as an individual, nor I against them. They are only 'doing their duty'
George OrwellI have the most evil memories of Spain, but I have very few bad memories of Spaniards.
George OrwellIn this game that we're playing, we can't win. Some kinds of failure are better than other kinds, that's all.
George Orwell