Survival (quote comparison)

“I would like to believe this is a story I’m telling. I need to believe it.

I must believe it. Those who can believe that such stories are only stories have a better chance” chapter 7 THMT

“I repeat my former name, remind myself of what I could once do,

how others saw me. I want to steal something” Chapter 17 THMT

“But a chair, sunlight, flowers: these are not to be dismissed.

I am alive, I live, I breathe,” chapter 1 THMT

“Ignoring is not the same as ignorance,

you have to work at it.” Chapter 10 THMT

“Sanity is a valuable possession;…

I save it, so I will have enough, when the time comes.” THMT

“Syme had ceased to exist:

he had never existed.” 1984

“Stricken immediately by an

overwhelming desire to possess it” (the notebook from Mr Charrington’s shop) Chapter 1 1984

“Now that he recognised himself as a dead man

it was important to stay alive as long as possible.” 1984

“Orthodoxy means not thinking- not needing to think.

Orthodoxy is unconciousness” 1984

“In the face of pain

there are no heros” 1984