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“The stars, like dust, encircle me
In living mists of light;
And all of space I seem to see
In one vast burst of sight”
― The Stars, Like Dust
In living mists of light;
And all of space I seem to see
In one vast burst of sight”
― The Stars, Like Dust
“And at last I resolved to scale that tower, fall though I might; since it were better to glimpse the sky and perish, than to live without ever beholding day.”
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“Humiliation and indifference, these are conditions every one of us finds unbearable — this is why the Coyote when falling is more concerned with the audience’s opinion of him than he is with the inevitable result of too much gravity.”
― Stroke of Genius: A Collection of Paintings and Musings on Life, Love and Art
― Stroke of Genius: A Collection of Paintings and Musings on Life, Love and Art
“Visualize Yourself Doing, Not Achieving.”
― 59 Seconds: Think a Little, Change a Lot
― 59 Seconds: Think a Little, Change a Lot
“If there was hope, it must lie in the proles, because only there, in those swarming disregarded masses, eighty-five percent of the population of Oceania, could the force to destroy the Party ever be generated. The Party could not be overthrown from within. Its enemies, if it had any enemies, had no way of coming together or even of identifying one another. Even if the legendary Brotherhood existed, as just possibly it might, it was inconceivable that its members could ever assemble in larger numbers than twos and threes. Rebellion meant a look in the eyes, an inflection of the voice; at the most, an occasional whispered word. But the proles, if only they could somehow become conscious of their own strength, would have no need to conspire. They need only to rise up and shake themselves like a horse shaking off flies. If they chose they could blow the Party to pieces tomorrow morning. Surely sooner or later it must occur to them to do it.”
― 1984
― 1984
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