Partly it was a sort of hymn to the wisdom and majesty of Big Brother, but still more it was an act of self-hypnosis, a deliberate drowning of consciousness by means of rhythmic noise.
Not to expose your true feelings to an adult seems to be instinctive from the age of seven or eight onwards.
Quote Detail
Not to expose your true feelings to an adult seems to be instinctive from the age of seven or eight onwards.
Quick Answer
What this quote page tells you
This canonical quote page keeps the full saying, the attributed author, any linked work, and the topic tags together so the quote can be cited from one stable URL.
Related Quotes
More quote cards from the same area
Don't allow your mind to tell your heart what to do. The mind gives up easily
Is it not crystal clear, then, comrades, that all the evils of this life of ours spring from the tyranny of human beings?
_all the evils of ours spring from the tyranny of human beings.
All the habits of Man are evil. And above all, no animal must ever tyrannise over his own kind. Weak or strong, clever or simple, we are all brothers. No animal must ever kill any other animal. All animals are equal.
When I get this feeling, this compulsion, I always do what it tells me. I can't explain where it comes from or how I get it, and it doesn't happen very often. But I obey it. And this afternoon I had a feeling that I must come over to the haunted house. That's all I know, kid. I'm not holding anything back. Maybe it's because I'm supposed to meet you. You tell me.