* “Nothing is so painful to the human mind as a great and sudden change.” — Mary Shelley, Frankenstein * * “Until they become conscious they will never rebel, and until after they have rebelled they cannot become conscious.” — George Orwell, 1984 * * “I do not agree with what you have to say, but I’ll defend to the death your right to say it.” — (Attributed to) Voltaire * * “Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.” — George Orwell, 1984 * * “You have to be realistic about these things.” — Joe Abercrombie, The Blade Itself * * “Power is not a means; it is an end.” — George Orwell, 1984 * * “The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.” — George Orwell * * “It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.” — George Orwell, 1984 * * “The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” — George Orwell, 1984 * * “I was born with a reading list I will never finish.” — Marilynne Robinson * * “It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere.” — William Faulkner * * “Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted.” — George Orwell, 1984 * * “The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.” — Albert Camus * * “When the government fears the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny.” — (Attributed to) Thomas Je * * “The real hopeless victims of mental illness are to be found among those who appear to be most normal.” — Aldous Huxley, Brave New World *