“I am not able, and do not want, completely to abandon the world view that I acquired in childhood. So long as I remain alive and well I shall continue to feel strongly about…love…and to take a pleasure in solid objects and scraps of useless information. It is no use trying to suppress that side of myself.”
More from George Orwell
“All the animals are equal, but some are more equal than others.”
“If you loved someone, you loved him, and when you had nothing else to give, you still gave…”
“He wears a mask, and his face grows to fit it.”
“The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding…”