The war is not meant to be won, it is meant to be continuous.

My best fishing-memory is about some fish that I never caught.

It [England] is a family in which the young are generally thwarted and most of the power is in the hands of irresponsible uncles and bedridden aunts.

The tendency of advanced capitalism has been to enlarge the middle class and not to wipe it out, as it once seemed likely to do.

Progress is not an illusion, it happens, but it is slow and invariably disappointing.

Thoughtcrime was not a thing that could be concealed forever. You might dodge successfully for a while, even for years, but sooner or later they were bound to get you.

If you loved someone, you loved him, and when you had nothing else to give, you still gave him love.