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Book cover for 1984
And if all others accepted the lie which the Party imposed—if all records told the same tale—then the lie passed into history and became truth. “Who controls the past,” ran the Party slogan, “controls the future: who controls the present ...more
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Matt Haig
“Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world.”
Matt Haig, How to Stop Time

Ling  Ma
“If you are an individual employed by a corporation or an institution, he said, then the odds are leveraged against you. The larger party always wins. It can’t see you, but it can crush you.”
Ling Ma, Severance

Anthony Burgess
“Laugh and the world laughs with you, snore and you sleep alone.”
anthony burgess

George Orwell
“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”
George Orwell, 1984

David Sedaris
“July 7, 1995 New York Someone stopped Mitch on the street last night and said, “I need another seventy-five cents so I can buy a cheeseburger. How about helping me?” Mitch said, “Get it without the cheese,” and continued walking”
David Sedaris, Theft by Finding: Diaries

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