omg it's so small 🥺🥺

we win these

tea hawke this looks so cool

high level for sure

one thing that also strikes me is how alone winston is. every person is so disconnected from one another, they cannot trust each other. children sell out their own parents to the thought police. human connection is virtually extinct. they are all "comrades" but there is no community

"In the absence of any real intercommunication between one part of Oceania and another, this was not difficult to arrange" this one refers to the government not paying out lottery winners. the lottery is said to be "the principle, if not the only reason for remaining alive" for millions of people

"The obvious, the silly, and the true had got to be defended. Truisms are true, hold on to that!"

"If the Party could thrust its hand into the past and say of this or that event, it never happened - that, surely, was more terrifying than mere torture and death."

major theme of the book is about information and who holds power over the information that people receive and how they maintain control and fear to keep people in line. i might just start a thread here with quotes from the book

i used to have libby! i just prefer physical books

i really need to just start using the library more

it's not funny and will never be funny. no one "deserves" what is coming. oppression is not entertainment. this is an incredibly tone deaf sentiment

why would you say that 😭😭😭

no for real I just wanna have a cute name

YES absolutely, we live for the silly vibes