The paperweight was the room he was in, and the coral was Julia's life and his own, fixed in a sort of eternity at the heart of the crystal.

George Orwell
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  1. I wonder how many people don't get the one they want, but end up with the one they're supposed to be with. - Fannie Flagg

  2. It's easy to look back and see it, and it's easy to give the advice. But the sad fact is, most people don't look beneath the surface until it's too late. - Wendelin Van Draanen

  3. People are, generally speaking, either dead certain or totally indifferent (Both types are crawling around deep down in the rabbit's fur! ) - Jostein Gaarder

  4. To some believers, being on the pill or using a condom is a nonverbal way of telling God to go to hell. - Mokokoma Mokhonoana

  5. It goes without saying that even those of us who are going to hell will get eternal life–if that territory really exists outside religious books and the minds of believers, that is. Having said that, given the choice, instead of being grilled until hell freezes... - Mokokoma Mokhonoana

More Quotes By George Orwell
  1. 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.

  2. At 50, everyone has the face he deserves.

  3. This work was strictly voluntary, but any animal who absented himself from it would have his rations reduced by half.

  4. Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.

  5. War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.

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