1984 Love Quotes

Even the one plan that was practicable, suicide, they had no intention of carrying out. To hang on from day to day and from week to week, spinning out a present that had no future, seemed an unconquerable instinct, just as one’s lungs will always draw the next breath so long as there is air available.

– George Orwell

1984. Part 2, Chapter 5. Winston and Julia know their love affair cannot last and they are doomed to die. But although life in Oceania is unbearable, Winston has no intention of taking his life or giving up.

He gazed up at the enormous face. Forty years it had taken him to learn what kind of smile was hidden beneath the dark mustache. O cruel, needless misunderstanding! O stubborn, self-willed exile from the loving breast! Two gin-scented tears trickled down the sides of his nose. But it was all right, everything was all right, the struggle was finished. He had won the victory over himself. He loved Big Brother.

– George Orwell

1984. Part 3, Chapter 6. Last lines of novel and some of the most heartbreaking lines in literature. One-time rebel Winston looking the telescreen at last succumbs to the Party’s brainwashing and torture and declares his love for Big Brother.
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