Memorable Quotes from Suzanna Hamilton
3 quotesBeauty and Despair in a Dystopian World
Winston Smith
She's beautiful.
[admiring a woman who sings a Party-made prole song]
Julia
She's a metre across the hips, easily.
Winston Smith
That's her style of beauty. The future is hers. We are the dead.
Julia
We are the dead.
Big Brother
You are the dead.
Big Brother
Remain exactly where you are. Make no move until you are ordered.
Julia
Now they can see us.
Big Brother
Now we can see you. Clasp your hands behind your head. Stand back to back. Do not touch one another.
Winston Smith
The house is surrounded.
Big Brother
The house is surrounded.
Julia
I suppose we may as well say good-bye.
Big Brother
You may as well say good-bye. While we are on the subject, "]
[[w:Oranges and Lemons|Here comes a candle to light you to bed, here comes a chopper to chop off your head!]
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Desire for Corruption and Moral Ambivalence
Winston Smith
Look, I hate purity, I hate goodness! I don't want virtue to exist anywhere! I want everyone corrupt.
Julia
Well, I ought to suit you, dear. I'm corrupt to the core.
Winston Smith
Do you like doing this? I don't mean just me...
Julia
I adore it.
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The Essence of Humanity and Betrayal
Winston Smith
It's not so much staying alive, it's staying human that's important. What counts is that we don't betray each other.
Julia
If you mean confessing, we're bound to do that. Everybody does. You can't help it.
Winston Smith
I don't mean confessing. Confessing isn't betrayal. I mean feelings. If they can make me change my feelings. If they can stop me from loving you, that would be real betrayal.
Julia
They can't do that. It's the one thing they can't do. They can torture you, make you say anything. But they can't make you believe it. They can't get inside you. They can't get to your heart.
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