George Orwell
George Orwell
Eric Arthur Blair, who used the pen name George Orwell, was an English novelist, essayist, journalist, and critic. His work is marked by lucid prose, awareness of social injustice, opposition to totalitarianism, and outspoken support of democratic socialism...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth25 June 1903
CityMotihari, India
children people normal
It was almost normal for people over thirty to be frightened of their own children
war home scotland
The English are not happy unless they are miserable, the Irish are not at peace unless they are at war, and the Scots are not at home unless they are abroad.
crazy believe belief
There are some things only intellectuals are crazy enough to believe.
war literature oceania
Oceania was at war with Eurasia; therefore Oceania had always been at war with Eurasia.
family insulting phrases
A family with the wrong members in control; that, perhaps, is as near as one can come to describing England in a phrase.
love heart creativity
For a creative writer possession of the 'truth' is less important than emotional sincerity.
enemy
We do not merely destroy our enemies; we change them.
mean criticize freedom-of-the-press
Freedom of the Press, if it means anything at all, means the freedom to criticize and oppose
military war suffering
The fact is that every war suffers a kind of progressive degradation with every month that it continues, because such things as individual liberty and a truthful press are simply not compatible with military efficiency...
worst-enemy nineteen nervous
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.
want true-freedom
True freedom is the right to say something that others don't want to hear.
laughter integrity joy
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.
men tragedy doe
A tragic situation exists precisely when virtue does not triumph but when it is still felt that man is nobler than the forces which destroy him.
believe media people
The people will believe what the media tells them they believe.