1984
Quotes from 1984
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"Do anything, but not that! Not Room 101!"Winston Smith Fear
"In the end we shall shoot you."O'Brien Death
"There was truth and there was untruth, and if you clung to the truth even against the whole world, you were not mad."Winston Smith Truth
"Humanity is not ready for freedom."O'Brien Freedom
"The best books are treasuries of the best that men have thought."Winston Smith Literature
"Perhaps one did not want to be loved so much as to be understood."Winston Smith Relationships
"Under the spreading chestnut tree, I sold you and you sold me."Winston Smith
"The Party is not concerned with the overt act: the thought is all we care about."O'Brien Power
"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 Politics
"We shall meet in the place where there is no darkness."O'Brien Hope
"Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows."Winston Smith Freedom
"Do you see, Winston, that it is not enough to obey Big Brother. You must love him."O'Brien Power
"The Party is not concerned with overt acts. The thought is all we care about."O'Brien Politics
"We shall meet in the place where there is no darkness."Winston Smith Hope
"It is intolerable to us that an erroneous thought should exist anywhere in the world, however secret and powerless it may be."O'Brien Power
"You are thinking of rebellion. You will not succeed."O'Brien Fear
"Pain is always present as the ruling force of existence. The only escape is into compliance."O'Brien Power
"You are a slow learner, Winston, but you will learn."O'Brien Wisdom
"Everything fades into mist. Your mind loses its sharpness, the clarity of your thoughts deteriorates."O'Brien Fear
"We control matter because we control the mind. Reality is inside the skull."O'Brien Power
"The Party is eternal. The Party is infallible. If you accept that, everything else follows."O'Brien Philosophy
"Do not imagine that you will save yourself, Winston. You did not save yourself. I did not save you. We did not save you."O'Brien Power
"The Party is not interested in the overt act: the thought is all we care about."O'Brien Politics
"If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human faceāfor ever."O'Brien Fear
"We are the dead. Our time is up."Winston Smith Death
"The Party would prefer that we hate Goldstein more than we love Big Brother."Syme Politics
"Power is in tearing human minds to pieces and putting them together again in new shapes of your own choosing."O'Brien Power
"The Party seeks power entirely for its own sake. We are not interested in the good of others."O'Brien Power
"Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows."Winston Smith Freedom
"Do you see, Winston, that it is not enough to obey Big Brother. You must love him."O'Brien Power