We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm. – George Orwell
There are some ideas so wrong that only a very intelligent person could believe in them. – George Orwell
For a creative writer possession of the truth is less important than emotional sincerity. – George Orwell
It is almost universally felt that when we call a country democratic we are praising it consequently, the defenders of every kind of regime claim that it is a democracy, and fear that they might have to stop using the word if it were tied down to any one meaning. – George Orwell
Do not assume that she who seeks to comfort you now, lives untroubled among the simple and quiet words that sometimes do you good. Her life may also have much sadness and difficulty, that remains far beyond yours. Were it otherwise, she would never have been able to find these words. – Rainer Maria Rilke