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O'Brien quotes

A character in Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell

3 quotes spoken by or about O'Brien, each verified verbatim against the text and located in the book.

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Reality exists in the human mind, and nowhere else.
O'Brien (dialogue) · George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949), Part Three, Chapter 2
The object of persecution is persecution. The object of torture is torture. The object of power is power.
O'Brien (dialogue) · George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949), Part Three, Chapter 3
If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face--for ever.
O'Brien (dialogue) · George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949), Part Three, Chapter 3

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