1984

"They could not turn you into a multiplicity of personalities. You remained yourself."

"It is our duty to the past as well as to the future."

"Alone—free—the human being is always defeated. It must be so, because every human being is doomed to die."

"You are a slow learner, Winston. How much longer do you think it will take?"

"Do anything to them, but it is not final. Even their betrayal is not final."

"We are the dead. Our time is gone."

"In the end we will make thoughtcrime impossible, because there will be no words in which to express it."

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

"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."

"Betrayal is the highest form of loyalty to the Party."

"In the future, there will be no novels like our great predecessors."

"You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality."

"The proles have stayed human. That is their greatest weakness."

"In the end, the Party will teach you to betray what you love most."

"What the Party teaches us today, it will unmake tomorrow."

"Sadism is not possible without an audience."

"Even if they torture your mind, the Party cannot touch your actual love."

"What happens to you here is forever. You will never be allowed to forget."

"Confession is the beginning of purification."

"The Party is not interested in the kind of knowledge that leads to power."

"What is love if not the acceptance of those we are told to despise?"

"If you try to resist their domination, they will only press harder."

"Under the spreading chestnut tree, I sold you and you sold me."

"We shall meet in the place where there is no darkness."

"I hate you. But I do not hate you—I love you."

"Rebellion is the only way to love."

"Do you understand that the past is not truly past but remains with you eternally?"

"The choice for mankind lay between freedom and happiness, and for the great bulk of mankind, happiness is better."

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