George Orwell Quotes


One can love a child, perhaps, more deeply than one can love another adult, but it is rash to assume that the child feels any love in return.


Citations

Orwell, George. "Such, Such Were the Joys." Partisan Review, vol. 19, no. 5, Sept.-Oct. 1952, p. 531.

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George Orwell
George Orwell
  • Born: June 25, 1903
  • Died: January 21, 1950
  • Nationality: British
  • Profession: Novelist Essayist, Journalist Literary Critic

Eric Arthur Blair, known by his pen name George Orwell, was an English novelist, essayist, journalist and critic. His work is characterised by lucid prose, biting social criticism, opposition to totalitarianism, and outspoken support of democratic socialism.