Pelos vistos sabia de cor toda aquela canção piegas. A voz subia, pairava na atmosfera suave da tarde de Verão, muito melodiosa, carregada de certa melancolia feliz.
—George Orwell, 1984, Público 2002 (1949)
Hoje em dia já ninguém lá vai, aquilo está cheio de gente
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The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.
—George Orwell, 1984, 1949
Já se sabia que eram tudo balelas, por isso de que servia estar alguém a ralar-se? Sabia quando aplaudir e quando apupar, e chegava!
—George Orwell, 1984, Público 2002 (1949)
De certo modo, a visão que o Partido fomentava do mundo e das coisas impunha-se com maior êxito às pessoas incapazes de a compreender. Podia-se levá-las a aceitar as mais flagrantes violações da realidade, porque nunca viam claramente a enormidade do que se lhes pedia, nem se interessavam suficientemente pela vida pública para se aperceberem do que estava a acontecer. Graças à falta de entendimento, conservavam saúde de espírito. Engoliam tudo e mais alguma coisa, e o que engoliam não lhes fazia mal, pois não eixava atrás de si e menor resíduo, como grãos de milho, sem serem digeridos, entram e saem pelo corpo de um pássaro.
—George Orwell, 1984, Público 2002 (1949)
Times went on. The sun shifted in the sky, the clocks struck thirteen, and in the Ministry of Truth, the workers were busy rectifying the news. It had been announced on the telescreen that the chocolate ration was to be reduced from thirty grammes to twenty at the beginning of next week. Then, without any warning, it was announced that the ration was to be increased to twenty grammes. Winston’s mind went back to the evening before, when he had heard the announcement of the increase. He had just taken a nibble of the chocolate and had been thinking how much better it tasted than the stuff they had had last year. But the announcement had been made only that morning, and already it had been superseded. The Party had announced that the ration was to be reduced to twenty grammes, and then, a few hours later, that it was to be increased to twenty grammes. The masses, of course, accepted it without question. They were too ignorant to see the contradiction, and too frightened to care.
—George Orwell, 1984, 1949