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“They were born, they grew up in the gutters, they went to work at twelve, they passed through a brief blossoming period of beauty and sexual desire, they married at twenty, they were middle-aged at thirty, they died, for the most part, at sixty. Heavy physical work, the care of home and children, petty quarrels with neighbors, films, football, beer, and above all, gambling, filled up the horizon of their minds. To keep them in control was not difficult.”
― 1984
― 1984
“It was not desirable that the proles should have strong political feelings. All that was required of them was a primitive patriotism which could be appealed to whenever it was necessary to make them accept longer working hours or shorter rations. And even when they became discontented, as they sometimes did, their discontent led nowhere, because, being without general ideas, they could only focus it on petty specific grievances. The larger evils invariably escaped their notice.”
― 1984
― 1984
Liz’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Liz’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
438 books
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23 friends
165 books
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8 friends
402 books
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15 friends
51 books
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107 friends
259 books
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16 friends
11 books
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51 friends
5 books
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6 friends
239 books
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42 friends
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