Now it is a strange thing, but things that are good to have and days that are good to spend are soon told about, and not much to listen to; while things that are uncomfortable, palpitating, and even gruesome, may make a good tale, and take a deal of telling anyway.

And yet their wills did not yield, and they struggled on.

Even the smallest person can change the course of the future.

please don't cook me, kind sirs! I am a good cook myself, and cook better than I cook, if you see what I mean.

deep they delved us, fair they wrought us, high they builded us; but they are gone.

If people were in the habit of refering to 'King George's council, Winston and his gang,' it would go a long way to clearing thought, and reducing the frightful landslide into Theyocracy.

War must be, while we defend our lives against a destroyer who would devour all; but I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend.