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1984

by George Orwell

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Feb 11, 2026 12:37PM

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“We imagine all these postapocalyptic, class-stratified, new-world-order techno-futures. But actually the real world, the world we live in, this is the dystopia.”
― Elan Mastai, All Our Wrong Todays

tags: alternate-reality, dystopia, reality, time-travel

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“It’s all I’ve seen, all I’ve been through,” I said, “that makes it damn nearly impossible for me to say anything. I’ve lost the knack of making sense. I speak gibberish to the civilized world, and it replies in kind.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, Mother Night

tags: life, memories, nonsense, war, writing

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“We seldom learn much from someone with whom we agree.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

tags: agree, agreement, aphorism, aphorisms, argue, argument, arguments, conflict, conflicts, consensual, consensus, consent, debate, debates, defiance, defy, disagree, disagreement, disapproval, disapprove, discuss, discussion, discussions, dissent, humor, humour, object, objection, oppose, opposition, quotation, quotations, quote, quotes, satire, strife, unanimity

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“Men must be decent first and brilliant later, otherwise you're not helping people, just servicing the machine.”
― Claire North, The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August

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