1984

Book · 6 characters · 1213 quotes · 2003

Quotes from 1984

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"The past has no physical existence. It exists in records, in memory. The Party is in control of all records and, we control all memory."
O'Brien History
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"Torture can continue indefinitely without a break."
O'Brien Power
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"Perhaps one did not want to be loved so much as to be understood."
Winston Smith Relationships
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"Power is in inflicting pain and humiliation. Power is in tearing human minds to pieces and putting them together in new shapes of your own choosing."
O'Brien Power
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"I hate purity. I hate goodness. I want everyone to be corrupt to the bones."
O'Brien Power
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"Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows."
Winston Smith Freedom
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"The Party seeks power entirely for its own sake. We are not interested in the good of others; we are interested solely in power."
O'Brien Power
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"Do you see, Winston, that it is not enough to obey the Party. You must love Big Brother."
O'Brien Power
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"Three years it must last; three years before we are dead."
Winston Smith Time
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"He loved Big Brother."
Winston Smith Power
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"The Party is not concerned with perpetuating its blood but with perpetuating itself."
O'Brien Power
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"It was horrible but also exhilarating."
Winston Smith Fear
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"In the end, we shall destroy everything, and then we shall build again."
O'Brien Power
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"The worst thing in the world is not violence but betrayal."
Winston Smith
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"It is not enough to obey Big Brother. You must love him."
O'Brien Power
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"Everything that is good is against nature."
O'Brien Philosophy
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"We shall see how much you love Big Brother when we get you to the cage."
O'Brien Fear
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"It is intolerable to live with a human being who practices thought-control."
Winston Smith Relationships
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"The Proles are human beings and when humanity is finally destroyed, we shall be the only human beings."
O'Brien Power
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"Always in your stomach and in your skin there is a sort of protest."
Winston Smith Strength
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"We shall meet in the place where there is no darkness."
O'Brien Hope
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"I am human; let me live like a human being and think of human beings."
Winston Smith
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"Rebellion means a man willing to die for something."
Winston Smith Courage
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"Do not imagine that you will save yourself, Winston. You did what you thought was right."
O'Brien Justice
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"If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face."
O'Brien Power
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"The Party seeks power entirely for its own sake."
O'Brien Politics
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"We are the dead. Our time is up."
Winston Smith Death
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"Power is not a means, it is an end."
O'Brien Power
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"Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows."
Winston Smith Freedom
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"Do you see, Winston, that it is not enough to obey Big Brother? You must love him."
O'Brien Power