Quote by George Orwell

“War prisoners apart, the average citizen of Oceania never sets eyes on a citizen of either Eurasia or Eastasia, and he is forbidden the…

— George Orwell

“It is absolutely necessary to their structure that there should be no contact with foreigners except to a limited extent with war prisoners and…

— Orwell George

“and he is forbidden the knowledge of foreign languages. If he were allowed contact with foreigners he would discover that they are creatures similar…

— George Orwell

“If he were allowed to contact with foreigners he would discover that they are creatures similar to himself and that most of what he…

— George Orwell

“Although citizens of the same country who spoke the same language, they belonged to two different worlds. These worlds were far apart and their…

— Xu Xiaobin

“There were waves of genocide that overcame indigenous populations of Oceania and do we have a library of books or films to tell our…

— M.B. Dallocchio

“Up to a few years ago nearly all the literature about Oceania was written by papalagi and other outsiders. Our islands were and still…

— Albert Wendt

“You see, writers traveling to Southeast Asia visit indigenous communities. No writing quest will be complete without some cross-cultural comparisons. This exercise is a…

— Merlin Franco

“Vast tracts of ocean, whether Polynesia, Micronesia or Melanesia, contain island populations that remain outside the modern world. They know about it, they may…

— Andrew Rayner

The diversity of language alienates man from man

— Saint Augustine

“To categorize some people as indigenous and others as alien, to argue about the identity of the first inhabitants of the subcontinent, and to…

— Romila Thapar

The writer in western civilization has become not a voice of his tribe, but of his individuality. This is a very narrow-minded situation.

— Aharon Appelfeld