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“Her smile, I'm sure, burnt Rome to the ground.”
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“If you are a man, Winston, you are the last man.”
― 1984
― 1984
“Winston: I don't know - I don't care. Somehow you will fail. Something will defeat you. Life will defeat you.
O'Brian: We control life, Winston, at all its levels. You are imagining that there is something called human nature which will be outraged by what we do and will turn against us. But we create human nature. Men are infinitely malleable. Or perhaps you have returned to your old idea that the proletarians or the slaves will arise and overthrow us. Put it out of your mind. They are helpless, like the animals. Humanity is the Party. The others are outside - irrelevant.
Winston: I don't care. In the end they will beat you. Sooner or later they will see you for what you are, and then they will tear you to pieces.
O'Brian: Do you see any evidence that this is happening? Or any reason why it should?
Winston: No. I believe it. I know that you will fail. There is something in the universe - I don't know, some spirit, some principle - that you will never overcome.
O'Brian: Do you believe in God, Winston?
Winston: No.
O'Brian: Then what is it, this principle that will defeat us?
Winston: I don't know. The spirit of Man.
O'Brian: And do you consider yourself a man?
Winston: Yes.
O'Brian: If you are a man, Winston, you are the last man. Your kind is extinct; we are the inheritors. Do you understand that you are alone? You are outside history, you are non-existent.
His manner changed and he said more harshly:
"'And you consider yourself morally superior to us, with our lies and our cruelty?'"
Winston: Yes, I consider myself superior.
"'...You are the last man,' said O'Brien. 'You are the guardian of the human spirit...”
― 1984
O'Brian: We control life, Winston, at all its levels. You are imagining that there is something called human nature which will be outraged by what we do and will turn against us. But we create human nature. Men are infinitely malleable. Or perhaps you have returned to your old idea that the proletarians or the slaves will arise and overthrow us. Put it out of your mind. They are helpless, like the animals. Humanity is the Party. The others are outside - irrelevant.
Winston: I don't care. In the end they will beat you. Sooner or later they will see you for what you are, and then they will tear you to pieces.
O'Brian: Do you see any evidence that this is happening? Or any reason why it should?
Winston: No. I believe it. I know that you will fail. There is something in the universe - I don't know, some spirit, some principle - that you will never overcome.
O'Brian: Do you believe in God, Winston?
Winston: No.
O'Brian: Then what is it, this principle that will defeat us?
Winston: I don't know. The spirit of Man.
O'Brian: And do you consider yourself a man?
Winston: Yes.
O'Brian: If you are a man, Winston, you are the last man. Your kind is extinct; we are the inheritors. Do you understand that you are alone? You are outside history, you are non-existent.
His manner changed and he said more harshly:
"'And you consider yourself morally superior to us, with our lies and our cruelty?'"
Winston: Yes, I consider myself superior.
"'...You are the last man,' said O'Brien. 'You are the guardian of the human spirit...”
― 1984
“You deserve every star in the galaxy laid out at your feet and a thousand diamonds in your hair. You deserve someone who'll run with you as far and as fast as you want to. Holding your hand, not holding you back.”
― Illuminae
― Illuminae
“Inside a single-use life, there are no second chances. That's a lie but we live it. We live anyway.”
― On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
― On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
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