"There are books that one reads over..." - Quote by George Orwell

“Rich people are poor people with money.”

“The existence of good bad literature—the fact that one can be amused or excited or even moved by a book that one's intellect simply refuses to take seriously—is a reminder that art is not the same thing as cerebration.”

“From the totalitarian point of view, history is something to be created rather than learned.”

“Never read any book that is not a year old.”

“Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.”

“He was fond of books, for they are cool and sure friends”

“Books are the best of things, well used; abused, among the worst...They are for nothing but to inspire.”

“When evening comes, I return home and go into my study. On the threshold I strip off my muddy, sweaty clothes of everyday, and put on the robes of court and palace, and in this graver dress I enter the antique courts of the ancients and am welcomed by them, and there I taste the food that alone is mine, and for which I was born. And there I make bold to speak to them and ask the motives of their actions, and they, in their humanity, reply to me. And for the space of four hours I forget the world, remember no vexation, fear poverty no more, tremble no more at death; I pass indeed into their world.”

“When I look back, I am so impressed again with the life-giving power of literature.”