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“Panem et Circenses translates into ‘Bread and Circuses.’ The writer was saying that in return for full bellies and entertainment, his people had given up their political responsibilities and therefore their power.”
“Trees are poems the earth writes upon the sky, We fell them down and turn them into paper,
That we may record our emptiness.”
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That we may record our emptiness.”
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“When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight.”
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“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”
― 1984
― 1984
“She is of the strangest beauty and the darkest courage, and when she walks with intent the earth trembles beneath her feet.”
― Hush
― Hush
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