Reads tagged with “George Orwell”
200 Years of Great Writers and Artists on the Creative and Spiritual Rewards of Gardening
Emily Dickinson, Virginia Woolf, Oliver Sacks, Rebecca Solnit, Bronson Alcott, Michael Pollan, Jamaica Kincaid, and more.
Orwell’s Roses: Rebecca Solnit on How Nature Sustains Us, Beauty as Fuel for Change, and the Value of the Meaningless Things That Give Our Lives Meaning
“What is it that makes it possible to do the work that is of highest value to others and one’s central purpose in life? It may appear — to others, sometimes even to oneself — trivial, irrelevant, indulgent, pointless, distracted, or any of those other pejoratives with which the quantifiable beats down the unquantifiable.”
The One That Got Away: The Bittersweet Story of George Orwell and His Childhood Sweetheart
“It took me literally years to realise that we are all imperfect creatures but that Eric was less imperfect than anyone else I ever met.”
George Orwell on Writing and the Four Questions Great Writers Must Ask Themselves
“By using stale metaphors, similes and idioms, you save much mental effort, at the cost of leaving your meaning vague, not only for your reader but for yourself.”
George Orwell’s “Animal Farm” Illustrated by Ralph Steadman
“I do not wish to comment on the work; if it does not speak for itself, it is a failure.”
Highlights in Hindsight: Favorite Books of the Past Year
Trees, hummingbirds, snails, Stoicism, storytelling, Orwell’s roses, the crucible of consciousness, the end of the universe, and more trees.
Christopher Hitchens on Animal Rights, Our Human Hubris, and the Lesser Appreciated Moral of George Orwell’s “Animal Farm”
“All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others.”
Haunting Illustrations for Orwell’s ‘Nineteen Eighty-Four,’ Introduced by the Courageous Journalist Who Broke the Edward Snowden Story
“It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.”
George Orwell on Money, Taxes, the Government, and the Real Measure of Patriotism
“Towards the government I feel no scruples and would dodge paying the tax if I could. Yet I would give my life for England readily enough, if I thought it necessary.”
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