1984 Flashcards
round her….
round her sweet supple waist, which seemed to ask you to encircle it with your arm, there was only the odious scarlet sash, aggressive symbol of chastity
Nothing was
Nothing was your own except the few cubic centimetres inside your skull
It was not by
it was not by making yourself heard but by staying sane that you carried on human heritage
In this room
in this room i’m going to be a woman, not a party comrade
we’re cutting
we’re cutting the language down to the bone
If you want
if you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face-forever
never again
Never again will you be capable of love, friendship, or joy of living… we shall squeeze you empty, and then we shall fill you with ourseves
freedom is
freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two makes four
to disassemble
to disassemble your feelings to control your face… was an instinctive reaction
big
big brother is watching you
the room was
the room was a world, a pocket of the past where extinct animals could walk