"It struck him that the truly characteristic..." - Quote by George Orwell
It struck him that the truly characteristic thing about modern life was not its cruelty and insecurity, but simply its bareness, its dinginess, its listlessness. Life, if you looked about you, bore no resemblance not only to the lies that streamed out of the telescreens, but even to the ideals that the party was trying to achieve.
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“The modern writer who has influenced me most is W. Somerset Maugham .”
“I believe that the BBC, in spite of the stupidity of its foreign propaganda and the unbearable voices of its announcers, is very truthful. It is generally regarded here as more reliable than the press.”
“Despotic governments can stand 'moral force' till the cows come home; what they fear is physical force.”
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“The world is progressing and resources are becoming more abundant. I'd rather go into a grocery store today than a king's banquet a hundred years ago.”
“I don't even know how to use a parking meter, let alone a phone box.”
“The good old horse-and-buggy days: then you lived until you died and not until you were run over.”