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“It was a bright cold day in April and the clocks were striking 13”
“Though the sun was shining and the sky a harsh blue, there seemed to be no colour in the
world’
“Such organizations as the Spies they were systematically turned into ungovernable
little savages, and yet this produced in them no tendency whatever to rebel against
the discipline of the Party”
“So vicious was the boy’s demeanour that it was not altogether a game”
“Like the gambolling of tiger cubs that will soon grow into man-eaters”
“Mrs Parsons eyes flitted nervously from Winston to the children and back again.”
“Your worst enemy”, he reflected, “was your own nervous system.”
“Purpose of marriage was to beget children for the service of the Party.”
“Prevent men and women from forming loyalties which it might not be able to
control”
“We shall meet in the place where there is no darkness.”
“The face gazed up at him, heavy, calm, protecting but what kind of smile was hidden
behind the dark mustache?”
“We’re destroying words- scores of them”
“Winston’s greatest pleasure in his life was in his work.”
“Thoughtcrime does not entail death; thoughtcrime is death.”