'In the far distance a helicopter skimmed down between the roofs, hovered for an instant like
a bluebottle, and darted away again with a curving flight'
'Any sound that Winston made, above the level
of a very low whisper, would be picked up'
'There was of course no way of knowing
whether you were being watched at any given moment'
'Winston kept his back turned to the telescreen.
It was safer; though, as he well knew, even a back can be revealing'
'Thought crime was not a thing
that could be concealed for ever'
'Another year, two years, and they would be watching her
night and day for symptoms of unorthodoxy'
'On coins, on stamps, on the covers of books, on banners,
on posters and on the wrapping of a cigarette packet - everywhere'
'Nothing was your own except
the few cubic centimetres inside your skull'
'Never show dismay! Never show resentment!
A single flicker of the eyes could give you away'
'I am that sort of girl
...always yell with the crowd'