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‘I’m quite ready to take risks, but only for something worth while, not for bits of old newspaper.’

This quote from Book Two, Chapter 5 returns to the differences between the attitudes and approaches of the novel’s two rebellious characters, Julia and Winston, and how Julia believes that Winston takes unnecessary risks over items that she finds useless. Read more about this quote in Quotes by Character: Julia (the sixth quote).

‘I don’t imagine that we can alter anything in our own lifetime. But one can imagine little knots of resistance springing up here and there—small groups of people banding themselves together, and gradually growing, and even leaving a few records behind, so that the next generations can carry on where we leave off.’

As Winston and Julia continue to discuss their differing attitudes in Book Two, Chapter 5, we get this quote by Winston as he attempts to explain to Julia why he takes risks in situations that she finds meaningless. You can read more about this quote in about this quote in Quotes by Character: Winston (the seventh quote).

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