69 Quotes About Orwell

Winston reparó de pronto en que la muerte de su madre, hacía casi treinta años, había sido trágica y triste de un modo que ya no era posible. Intuyó que la tragedia pertenecía al pasado, a una época en la que aún había intimidad, amor y amistad, y en la que los miembros de una familia se apoyaban unos a otros sin necesidad de tener un motivo (Cap 3, primera parte - 1984).

...y luego la mentira elegida pasaría a los archivos y se convertiría en verdad (cap 4, primera parte - 1984)

La ortodoxia equivale a no pensar, a no tener la necesidad de pensar. La ortodoxia es la inconsciencia (cap 5, primera parte - 1984)

Winston Smith: Does Big Brother exist?O'Brien: Of course he exists.Winston Smith: Does he exist like you or me?O'Brien: You do not exist.

Day by day and almost minute by minute the past was brought up to date.

Just remember what you’re seeing and what you're reading is not what’s happening.

If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face, forever. The moral to be drawn from this dangerous nightmare situation is a simple one: don’t let it happen. It depends on you.

The trick is not to be isolated―if you're isolated, like Winston Smith in 1984, then sooner or later you're going to break, as he finally broke. That was the point of Orwell's story. In fact, the whole tradition of popular control has been exactly that: to keep people isolated, because if you can keep them isolated enough, you can get them to believe anything. But when people get together, all sorts of things are possible.

You will be hollow. We shall squeeze you empty, and then we shall fill you with ourselves.