Better the hard truth, I say, than the comforting fantasy.
If you’re losing your soul and you know it, then you’ve still got a soul left to lose.
If you let them kill you, they will.
You can’t beat death but you can beat death in life, sometimes. And the more often you learn to do it, the more light there will be. Your life is your life. Know it while you have it.
If I stop writing I am dead. And that’s the only way I’ll stop: dead.
You must realize that one day you will die. Until then you are worthless.
If it felt good, you didn’t push hard enough. It’s supposed to hurt like hell.
What hurts the victim most is not the cruelty of the oppressor, but the silence of the bystander.
To forget a Holocaust is to kill twice.
I didn’t know I was a slave until I found out I couldn’t do the things I wanted.
Trying to be happy by accumulating possessions is like trying to satisfy hunger by taping sandwiches all over your body.
All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.
All tyrannies rule through fraud and force, but once the fraud is exposed they must rely exclusively on force.
Big Brother is watching you.
Thoughtcrime does not entail death: thoughtcrime is death.
The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.
I am a Soldier, I fight where I am told, and I win where I fight.
Attack rapidly, ruthlessly, viciously, without rest, however tired and hungry you may be, the enemy will be more tired, more hungry. Keep punching.
In case of doubt, attack.
Historically, the most terrible things – war, genocide, and slavery – have resulted not from disobedience, but from obedience.