1984

Book · 6 characters · 1213 quotes · 2003

Quotes from 1984

J
"Do you understand that even if we escape them, we are doomed?"
Julia Hope
W
"He loved Big Brother."
Winston Smith Politics
W
"The proles are human beings and when once they are dead they are dead."
Winston Smith Death
O
"How does one man assert his power over another, Winston? By making him suffer."
O'Brien Power
O
"The Party seeks power entirely for its own sake. We are not interested in the good of others."
O'Brien Politics
O
"We control matter because we control the mind. Reality is inside the skull."
O'Brien Power
W
"Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows."
Winston Smith Freedom
O
"Do you see, Winston, that the Party does not seek power for its own ends, but only for the good of the majority?"
O'Brien Power
O
"Obedience is not enough. You must love Big Brother."
O'Brien Politics
O
"I know you. I know you inside out."
O'Brien
O
"You will never see me again. If you do see me, it will not be I."
O'Brien
O
"Your mind contains encrypted messages."
O'Brien Truth
J
"I shall see you again. I am sure of it."
Julia Relationships
O
"The past is already gone. The future has not happened. There is only the present instant."
O'Brien Time
O
"We are the guardians of human rationality."
O'Brien Philosophy
O
"You do not give orders here. You obey orders."
O'Brien Power
O
"The Party is not interested in the overt act: the thought is all we care about."
O'Brien Politics
W
"I love Big Brother."
Winston Smith Power
W
"Mother is gone. I have no way of knowing what happened to her."
Winston Smith Family
S
"The whole aim of Newspeak is to make thoughtcrime literally impossible."
Syme
J
"Probably we are disturbing the children. We had better go back."
Julia Relationships
O
"Reality exists in the human mind, and nowhere else."
O'Brien Philosophy
W
"Always day, always the helicopters overhead."
Winston Smith Fear
W
"We are the dead. We belong here."
Winston Smith Death
W
"Do you see any way out of our predicament?"
Winston Smith Hope
G
"The Party intends always to be in a state of cold war with Eurasia and Eastasia."
Goldstein War
G
"Until they become conscious they will never rebel."
Goldstein Politics
S
"How could you make a speech condemning Goldstein if you had never heard of him until this moment?"
Syme Truth
O
"Power is not a means; it is an end."
O'Brien Power
G
"The three superstates are in permanent conflict, and permanently allied."
Goldstein War