You had to live - did live, from habit that became instinct - in the assumption that evey sound you made was overheard, and, except in darkness, every moment scrutinized.

Those who 'abjure' violence can do so only because others are committing violence on their behalf.

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

The urge to shout filthy words at the top of his voice was as strong as ever.

To see what is in front of one’s nose needs a constant struggle.

Modern writing at its worst does not consist in picking out words for the sake of their meaning and inventing images in order to make the meaning clearer. It consists in gumming together long strips of words which have already been set in order by someone else, and making the results presentable by sheer humbug. The attraction of this way of writing is that it is easy.

The upper class desire to remain so, the middle class wish to overthrow the upper class, and the lower class want a classless system.