Die besten Zitate aus Orwells 1984

Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.

Perhaps one did not want to be loved so much as to be understood.

For, after all, how do we know that two and two make four? Or that the force of gravity works? Or that the past is unchangeable? If both the past and the external world exist only in the mind, and if the mind itself is controllable - what then?

Until they became conscious they will never rebel, and until after they have rebelled they cannot become conscious.

If you loved someone, you loved him, and when you had nothing else to give, you still gave him love.

If you want to keep a secret, you must also hide it from yourself.

Reality exists in the human mind, and nowhere else.

But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought.

Nothing good is born from lies. And greatness is not what you think.

Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.

War is Peace. Freedom is Slavery. Ignorance is Strength.

Welcome to the future. Life is good, but it can be better. And why shouldn’t it be? All you need is to want it. Think about finally having everything you always wanted.

Barbara Minerva: "Have you ever been in love?"
Diana Prince: "A long, long time ago."

It's all art. [Steve looks at a trash can] Uh, that's just a trash can.