1984

"Do not imagine that you will save yourself, Winston. You will perish. It is an absolute certainty."

"To the future or to the past, to a time when thought is free, when men are different from one another and do not live alone."

"In our world there will be no emotions except fear, rage, triumph, and self-abasement."

"We control matter because we control the mind. Reality is inside the skull."

"You will never see me again after today. If we do meet, you will not recognize me."

"If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face—forever."

"The Party seeks power entirely for its own sake. We are not interested in the good of others."

"He loved Big Brother."

"The Brotherhood cannot be wiped out because it does not exist."

"Power is not a means; it is an end."

"In the end the Party would announce that two and two made five, and you would have to believe it."

"Perhaps one did not want to be loved, so much as to be understood."

"Reality control is not merely the destruction of grammar; it is the destruction of meaning itself."

"The Party is not interested in the overt act: the thought is all we care about."

"It is our custom to destroy old documents and replace them with new ones."

"Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows."

"Do you see, Winston, that it is not enough to obey Big Brother. You must love him."

"The girl was a spy all along."

"This does not matter. Not even this matters now."

"You will be melted down. Your past will be obliterated."

"This is not a place where you can hide."

"The paperweight was the room."

"We are not concerned with the good of others; we are concerned solely with power."

"Power is not a means; it is an end."

"You may consider yourself dead."

"Until they became conscious they will never rebel."

"Sometimes they are five. Sometimes they are three. Sometimes they are all of them at once."

"The Party controls all records, and we control all memory."

"He loved Big Brother."

"It is our custom to liquidate all those who have been tortured to death."