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The consolation of fairy-stories, the joy of the happy ending; or more correctly of the good catastrophe, the sudden joyous "turn" (for there is no true end to any fairy-tale): this joy, which is one of the things which fairy-stories can produce supremely well, is not essentially "escapist," nor "fugitive."

 

Government is not the solution to the problem. Government is the problem.

 

Why is it people think the authorities are some form of gods with either great justice or great, cunning evil, rather than the same plodding fools they see in their daily lives, and most of all in their mirrors?

 

Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's.

 

The die is cast.

 

A friend to all is a friend to none.

 

The proper office of a friend is to side with you when you are in the wrong. Nearly anybody will side with you when you are in the right.

 

I want to see young people in America feel the spirit of the 1960s and find a way to get in the way. To find a way to get in trouble. Good trouble, necessary trouble.

 

The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.

 

Quite often somebody will ask, "What year do your books take place," and the only answer I can give is childhood.

 

When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up.

 

Walt came to me, and he's such a stickler for voices, and said, "When you're finished with what you're doing today on Winnie the Pooh, see what you can do with a snake because I can't find the right voice for it". I thought, "Wouldn't it be funny to have a snake with an aching back because it would be such a looong ache?".

 

The fact is that no species has ever had such wholesale control over everything on earth, living or dead, as we now have. That lays upon us, whether we like it or not, an awesome responsibility. In our hands now lies not only our own future, but that of all other living creatures with whom we share the earth.

 

On one hand, there is a growing movement towards oligarchy and authoritarianism in which a small number of incredibly wealthy and powerful billionaires own and control a significant part of the economy and exert enormous influence over the political life of our country.

On the other hand, in opposition to oligarchy, there is a movement of working people and young people who, in ever increasing numbers, are fighting for justice.

 

Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself.

 

If men were angels, then no government would be necessary, and if men were governed by angels, then neither internal nor external controls would be necessary.

 

If I got rid of my demons, I’d lose my angels.

 

If you’re lucky enough to be different, don’t ever change.

 

The other crucial dimension to Orwell's socialism was his recognition that the Soviet Union was not socialist. Unlike many on the left, instead of abandoning socialism once he discovered the full horror of Stalinist rule in the Soviet Union, Orwell abandoned the Soviet Union and instead remained a socialist—indeed he became more committed to the socialist cause than ever.

 

It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma: but perhaps there is a key. That key is Russian national interest.

 

Life is full of little interruptions.

 

Life is like a box of chocolates.

 

When preparing to climb a mountain - pack a light heart.

 

There were some fans that thought I had something to do with Avengers: Endgame.