“Perhaps one did not want to be loved so much as to be understood.”
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…”