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“In a way, the world−view of the Party imposed itself most successfully on people incapable of understanding it. They could be made to accept the most flagrant violations of reality, because they never fully grasped the enormity of what was demanded of them, and were not sufficiently interested in public events to notice what was happening. By lack of understanding they remained sane. They simply swallowed everything, and what they swallowed did them no harm, because it left no residue behind, just as a grain of corn will pass undigested through the body of a bird.”
― George Orwell, 1984

“There was the emptiness of space I was afraid to fall into, but the only real fear I’d ever actually had was to dive into the emptiness inside of myself.”
― Orson De Witt, Earth Won't Miss You

“It was odd to look for forgiveness and acceptance in my own head at first, but now I understood – it was the only place to look.”
― Orson De Witt, Earth Won't Miss You

“In my life, I had lost only two things: my favorite pair of gloves and a handful of my favorite people. But now? Now I was starting to lose the ground under my feet.”
― Orson De Witt, Earth Won't Miss You

“We don’t have to waste our time learning how to make pastry when we can use grandma’s recipes.”
― Orson De Witt, Earth Won't Miss You

“Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'”
― Isaac Asimov

“Seems like … any deed, no matter if it’s good or bad, is just an attempt to fill up the hole drilled by one’s own flaws.”
― Orson De Witt, Earth Won't Miss You