1984 (Signet Classics)

View our feature on George Orwell’s 1984.Written in 1948, 1984 was George Orwell’s chilling prophecy about the future. And while 1984 has come and gone, Orwell’s narrative is timelier than ever. 1984 presents a startling and ha

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George Orwell (13)

If you loved someone, you loved him, and when you had nothing else to give, you still gave him love.

— George Orwell, amazon.com

Love Giving Relationship Showing Love

I enjoy talking to you. Your mind appeals to me.

— George Orwell, amazon.com

Connection Deep talking Conversation

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

— George Orwell, amazon.com

Unloved Loneliness

We shall meet in the place where there is no darkness.

— George Orwell, amazon.com

Searching for Peace

It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.

— George Orwell, amazon.com

April Cold day

No one ever seizes power with the intention of relinquishing it.

— George Orwell, amazon.com

Power Politics Dictatorship

Confession is not betrayal. What you say or do doesn't matter; only feelings matter. If they could make me stop loving you-that would be the real betrayal.

— George Orwell, amazon.com

Confession Betrayal Love Feelings

Reality exists in the human mind, and nowhere else.

— George Orwell, amazon.com

Reality Mind humanity

If you want to keep a secret, you must also hide it from yourself.

— George Orwell, amazon.com

Secrets Hidden Lies

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

— George Orwell, amazon.com

Banned Books

Of pain you could wish only one thing: that it should stop. Nothing in the world was so bad as physical pain. In the face of pain there are no heroes.

— George Orwell, amazon.com

Dating Heartbreak

It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.

— George Orwell, amazon.com

We shall meet in the place where there is no darkness.

— George Orwell, amazon.com

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