1984 Bot
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Random sentences from the book 1984. Posted every four hours.
He believed in the principles of Ingsoc, he venerated Big Brother, he rejoiced over victories, he hated heretics, not merely with sincerity but with a sort of restless zeal, an up-to-dateness of information, which the ordinary Party member did not approach.
December 30, 2025 at 6:00 PM
He believed in the principles of Ingsoc, he venerated Big Brother, he rejoiced over victories, he hated heretics, not merely with sincerity but with a sort of restless zeal, an up-to-dateness of information, which the ordinary Party member did not approach.
The Party could not be overthrown from within.
December 30, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The Party could not be overthrown from within.
For a moment they were both tugging, and then the handle came off.
December 30, 2025 at 10:00 AM
For a moment they were both tugging, and then the handle came off.
Always, at every moment, there will be the thrill of victory, the sensation of trampling on an enemy who is helpless.
December 30, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Always, at every moment, there will be the thrill of victory, the sensation of trampling on an enemy who is helpless.
He had carried it guiltily home in his briefcase.
December 30, 2025 at 2:00 AM
He had carried it guiltily home in his briefcase.
He was hurrying along with frozen hands and watering eyes when he saw her not ten metres away from him.
December 29, 2025 at 10:00 PM
He was hurrying along with frozen hands and watering eyes when he saw her not ten metres away from him.
In Newspeak there is no word for 'Science'.
December 29, 2025 at 6:00 PM
In Newspeak there is no word for 'Science'.
It was too noticeable.
December 29, 2025 at 2:00 PM
It was too noticeable.
And this vision had had a certain hold even on the groups who actually profited by each historical change.
December 29, 2025 at 10:00 AM
And this vision had had a certain hold even on the groups who actually profited by each historical change.
Whatever was true now was true from everlasting to everlasting.
December 29, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Whatever was true now was true from everlasting to everlasting.
But before death (nobody spoke of such things, yet everybody knew of them) there was the routine of confession that had to be gone through: the grovelling on the floor and screaming for mercy, the crack of broken bones, the smashed teeth and bloody clots of hair.
December 29, 2025 at 2:00 AM
But before death (nobody spoke of such things, yet everybody knew of them) there was the routine of confession that had to be gone through: the grovelling on the floor and screaming for mercy, the crack of broken bones, the smashed teeth and bloody clots of hair.
Just once in his life he had possessed--AFTER the event: that was what counted--concrete, unmistakable evidence of an act of falsification.
December 28, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Just once in his life he had possessed--AFTER the event: that was what counted--concrete, unmistakable evidence of an act of falsification.
He usually stopped to talk with Mr Charrington for a few minutes on his way upstairs.
December 28, 2025 at 6:00 PM
He usually stopped to talk with Mr Charrington for a few minutes on his way upstairs.
There are only four ways in which a ruling group can fall from power.
December 28, 2025 at 2:00 PM
There are only four ways in which a ruling group can fall from power.
Once when he happened in some connexion to mention the war against Eurasia, she startled him by saying casually that in her opinion the war was not happening.
December 28, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Once when he happened in some connexion to mention the war against Eurasia, she startled him by saying casually that in her opinion the war was not happening.
Times beyond number, at Party rallies and spontaneous demonstrations, she had shouted at the top of her voice for the execution of people whose names she had never heard and in whose supposed crimes she had not the faintest belief.
December 28, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Times beyond number, at Party rallies and spontaneous demonstrations, she had shouted at the top of her voice for the execution of people whose names she had never heard and in whose supposed crimes she had not the faintest belief.
The solid, contourless body, like a block of granite, and the rasping red skin, bore the same relation to the body of a girl as the rose-hip to the rose.
December 28, 2025 at 2:00 AM
The solid, contourless body, like a block of granite, and the rasping red skin, bore the same relation to the body of a girl as the rose-hip to the rose.
But there had been a moment--he did not know how long, thirty seconds, perhaps--of luminous certainty, when each new suggestion of O'Brien's had filled up a patch of emptiness and become absolute truth, and when two and two could have been three as easily as five, if that were what was needed.
December 27, 2025 at 10:00 PM
But there had been a moment--he did not know how long, thirty seconds, perhaps--of luminous certainty, when each new suggestion of O'Brien's had filled up a patch of emptiness and become absolute truth, and when two and two could have been three as easily as five, if that were what was needed.
A young officer, a trim black-uniformed figure who seemed to glitter all over with polished leather, and whose pale, straight-featured face was like a wax mask, stepped smartly through the doorway.
December 27, 2025 at 6:00 PM
A young officer, a trim black-uniformed figure who seemed to glitter all over with polished leather, and whose pale, straight-featured face was like a wax mask, stepped smartly through the doorway.
There was a sound of trampling boots below, inside the house and outside.
December 27, 2025 at 2:00 PM
There was a sound of trampling boots below, inside the house and outside.
But what most struck Winston was the look of helpless fright on the woman's greyish face.
December 27, 2025 at 10:00 AM
But what most struck Winston was the look of helpless fright on the woman's greyish face.
A knot of others, standing round with glasses in their hands, were watching the scene.
December 27, 2025 at 6:00 AM
A knot of others, standing round with glasses in their hands, were watching the scene.
In the end his mother said, 'Now be good, and I'll buy you a toy. A lovely toy--you'll love it'; and then she had gone out in the rain, to a little general shop which was still sporadically open nearby, and came back with a cardboard box containing an outfit of Snakes and Ladders.
December 27, 2025 at 2:00 AM
In the end his mother said, 'Now be good, and I'll buy you a toy. A lovely toy--you'll love it'; and then she had gone out in the rain, to a little general shop which was still sporadically open nearby, and came back with a cardboard box containing an outfit of Snakes and Ladders.
Progress in our world will be progress towards more pain. The old civilizations claimed that they were founded on love or justice. Ours is founded upon hatred.
December 26, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Progress in our world will be progress towards more pain. The old civilizations claimed that they were founded on love or justice. Ours is founded upon hatred.
'Can you remember all that?' she murmured finally. 'Yes.' 'You turn left, then right, then left again. And the gate's got no top bar.' 'Yes. What time?'
December 26, 2025 at 6:00 PM
'Can you remember all that?' she murmured finally. 'Yes.' 'You turn left, then right, then left again. And the gate's got no top bar.' 'Yes. What time?'