“Perhaps one did not want to be loved so much as to be understood.”

“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”

“Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.”

“The best books... are those that tell you what you know already.”

“He was conscious of nothing except the blankness of the page in front of him, the itching of the skin above his ankle, the blaring of the music, and a slight booziness caused by the gin.”

“Confession is not betrayal. What you say or do doesn't matter; only feelings matter. If they could make me stop loving you-that would be the real betrayal.”

“It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.”