Ralph's+Quotes

The hallway smelt of Boiled Cabbage and old rag mats Part 1 Chapter 1 There was of course no way of knowing whether you were being watched at any given moment. Part 1 Chapter 1  Whether he went on with the diary, or whether he did not go on with it, made no difference. The Thought Police would get him just the same Part 1 Capter 1 Thoughtcrime does not entail death: thoughtcrime is death. Part 1, Chapter 2  Nothing was your own except the few cubic centimetres inside your skull. Part 1 Chapter 2 From where Winston stood it was just possible to read, picked out on its white face in elegant lettering, the three slogans of the Party: WAR IS PEACE FREEDOM IS SLAVERY IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH. Part 1 Chapter 1 And if all others accepted the lie which the Party imposed—if all records told the same tale—then the lie passed into history and became truth. 'Who controls the past' ran the Party slogan, 'controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.' Part 1, Chapter 3 …to wear an improper expression on your face...; was itself a punishable offense. There was even a word for it in Newspeak: facecrime. Part 1, Chapter 5 Your worst enemy, he reflected, was your nervous system. At any moment the tension inside you was liable to translate itself into some visible symptom. Part 1, Chapter 6 If there is hope... it lies in the proles. Part 1 Chapter 7 The rocket bombs which fell daily on London were probably fired by the Government of Oceania itself, "just to keep people frightened." Part 2 Chapter 5 War was a sure safeguard of sanity, and so far as the ruling classes were concerned it was probably the most important of all safeguards. While wars could be won or lost, no ruling class could be completely irresponsible. Part 2 Chapter 9  The Ministry of Peace concerns itself with war, the Ministry of Truth with lies, the Ministry of Love with torture, and the Ministry of Plenty with starvation. Part 2 Chapter 9 I tell you Winston, that reality is not external. Reality exists in the human mind, and nowhere else Part 3 Chapter 2 “How can I help seeing what is in front of my eyes? Two and two are four."  "Sometimes, Winston. Sometimes they are five. Sometimes they are three. Sometimes they are all of them at once. You must try harder. It is not easy to become sane." Part 3 Ch.apter 2  Never again will you be capable of ordinary human feeling. Everything will be dead inside you. Never again will you be capable of love, or friendship, or joy of living, or laughter, or curiosity, or courage, or integrity. You will be hollow. We shall squeeze you empty and then we shall fill you with ourselves  Part 3 Ch. 2 The Party seeks power entirely for its own sake. We are not interested in the good of others; we are interested solely in power. Part 3 Ch. 3   We shall abolish the orgasm. Our neurologists are at work upon it now. There will be no loyalty, except loyalty towards the Party. There will be no love, except the love of Big Brother. There will be no laughter, except the laugh of triumph over a defeated enemy. There will be no art, no literature, no science. When we are omnipotent there will be no need of science. There will be no distinction between beauty and ugliness. There will be no curiosity, no enjoyment of the process of life. All competing pleasures will be destroyed. Part 3 Ch. 3  To die hating them, that was freedom. Part 3 Ch.4  Two gin-scented tears trickled down the sides of his nose. But it was all right, everything was all right, the struggle was finished. He had won the victory over himself. He loved Big Brother. Part 3 Ch. 6
 * 1984 Quotes **