Now he had recognized himself as a dead man it became important to stay alive as long as possible.
George OrwellReal power is achieved when the ruling class controls the material essentials of life, granting and withholding them from the masses as if they were privileges.
George OrwellWindmill or no windmill, he said, life would go on as it had always gone on--that is, badly.
George OrwellFrom a very early age, perhaps the age of five or six, I knew that when I grew up I should be a writer. Between the ages of about seventeen and twenty-four I tried to abandon this idea, but I did so with the consciousness that I was outraging my true nature and that sooner or later I should have to settle down and write books.
George Orwell