The atmosphere of orthodoxy is always damaging to prose, and above all it is completely ruinous to the novel, the most anarchical of all forms of literature.

Quote by George Orwell

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The idea really came to me the day I got my new false teeth.

The idea really came to me the day I got my new false teeth.

No one can look back on his schooldays and say with truth that they were...

No one can look back on his schooldays and say with truth that they were...

Most people get a fair amount of fun out of their lives, but on balance...

Most people get a fair amount of fun out of their lives, but on balance...

Prolonged, indiscriminate reviewing of books is a quite exceptionally thankless, irritating and exhausting job. It...

Prolonged, indiscriminate reviewing of books is a quite exceptionally thankless, irritating and exhausting job. It...

Whoever is winning at the moment will always seem to be invincible.

Whoever is winning at the moment will always seem to be invincible.

There is hardly such a thing as a war in which it makes no difference...

There is hardly such a thing as a war in which it makes no difference...

The child thinks of growing old as an almost obscene calamity, which for some mysterious...

The child thinks of growing old as an almost obscene calamity, which for some mysterious...

Throughout recorded time... there have been three kinds of people in the world, the High,...

Throughout recorded time... there have been three kinds of people in the world, the High,...

Man is the only creature that consumes without producing. He does not give milk, he...

Man is the only creature that consumes without producing. He does not give milk, he...

One cannot really be a Catholic and grown up.

One cannot really be a Catholic and grown up.

Mankind is not likely to salvage civilization unless he can evolve a system of good...

Mankind is not likely to salvage civilization unless he can evolve a system of good...

A dirty joke is a sort of mental rebellion.

A dirty joke is a sort of mental rebellion.

Saints should always be judged guilty until they are proved innocent.

Saints should always be judged guilty until they are proved innocent.

Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred,...

Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred,...

Liberal: a power worshipper without power.

Liberal: a power worshipper without power.

It is almost universally felt that when we call a country democratic we are praising...

It is almost universally felt that when we call a country democratic we are praising...

Men are only as good as their technical development allows them to be.

Men are only as good as their technical development allows them to be.

Myths which are believed in tend to become true.

Myths which are believed in tend to become true.

When it comes to the pinch, human beings are heroic.

When it comes to the pinch, human beings are heroic.

Serious sport is war minus the shooting.

Serious sport is war minus the shooting.