Friday, March 19, 2010

Thoughtcrime

"It was terribly dangerous to let your thoughts wander when you were in any public place or within range of a telescreen. The smallest thing could give you away. A nervous tic, an unconscious look of anxiety, a habit of muttering to yourself--anything that carried with it the suggestion of abnormality, of having something to hide. In any case, to wear an improper expression on your face...; was itself a punishable offense. There was even a word for it in Newspeak: facecrime..."-George Orwell, 1984

Sunday, March 14, 2010

Kloss

"Those who create are rare; those who cannot are numerous. Therefore, the latter are stronger."
-Coco Chanel