Memory Quote by Elizabeth Flock

“ Déjà vu Orwell's 1984 ”

— David Baldacci

“History, like memories themselves, tended to become distorted with the passing of time, or worse, corrupted with the agendas of those writing it.”

— Terry Goodkind

Orwell wasn't right about where society was in 1984. We haven't turned into that sort of surveillance society. But that may be, at least…

— Ramez Naam

“We can study files for decades, but every so often we are tempted to throw up our hands and declare that history is merely…

— Julian Barnes

In the olden days, a memoir was something written by Churchill and people like that, because they had a grand experience and considered it…

— Aleksandar Hemon

Churchill was a good writer but a bad historian.

— Peter Greenaway

“If we had the power to rewrite our histories, what stories would we tell?”

— Karpov Kinrade

“I‘ve always agreed with the view that — with science fiction — its predictive powers were the least important or least relevant aspect of…

— Jonathan Lethem

Read with care, George Orwell's diaries, from the years 1931 to 1949, can greatly enrich our understanding of how Orwell transmuted the raw material…

— Christopher Hitchens

Winston has written four volumes about himself and called it 'World Crisis'.

— Arthur Balfour

“Orwell was one of those upon whom nothing was lost. (This included, as Orwell himself said: “the power of facing unpleasant facts”). By declining…

— Christopher Hitchens

“Why would you keep quiet and allow history to write itself when there is something you can do to rewrite history.”

— Anyaele Sam Chiyson