If the Party could thrust its hand into the past and say of this or that event, it never happened - that, surely, was more terrifying than mere torture and death.

Thoughtcrime is death. Thoughtcrime does not entail death. Thoughtcrime IS death. I have committed even before setting pen to paper the essential crime that contains all others unto itself.

False attributions are the bane of legitimate discourse.

If the Party could thrust its hand into the past and say of this or that event, it never happened - that, surely, was more terrifying than mere torture and death.

As a husband, your love for your wife has a specific goal: her holiness.

Sanity is not statistical - Being in a minority, even a minority of one, did not make you mad.

If anything can be done, it can be overdone is my point of view.