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Julia was a criminal. Worse, she was pregnant. She didn’t have the freedom to think of what was right. She must do what was safe

— Julia: A Novel by Sandra Newman (99%)

Oh – terrible thought – was it all fear? Had no party member ever killed anyone from anything but fear?

— Julia: A Novel by Sandra Newman (95%)

Julia briefly considered retracing her steps, finding her overalls, returning to the strange museum with its tutelary walrus.

— Julia: A Novel by Sandra Newman (90%)

Proles did tend to be right about dismal things.

— Julia: A Novel by Sandra Newman (90%)

The Ministry of Plenty was a thirty-storey glass tower, with a colossal statue at the front of a naked man brandishing a scythe and holding a sheaf of grain that decorously concealed his groin. Proles called it Bare-Arsed Death, and told their families it walked at night and harvested the heads of ill-behaved children.

— Julia: A Novel by Sandra Newman (86%)

He’d been named to himself, and forgiven.

— Julia: A Novel by Sandra Newman (85%)

The futile tone of it wearied her more than anything. It tasted of the stale breath of men for whom opinions trumped life. But Winston was reading as if it contained revelation after revelation; as if it were a book of spells that would give him superhuman powers.

— Julia: A Novel by Sandra Newman (69%)

‘You read it. Read it aloud. That’s the best way. Then you can explain it to me as you go.’ She knew this offer would be irresistible to him, and wasn’t disappointed.

— Julia: A Novel by Sandra Newman (69%)

Vicky’s mouth tasted of the vile apple juice, but even this was only a reminder that Vicky lived the same life as she. This was a person she could know.

— Julia: A Novel by Sandra Newman (63%)

Once the rules of the game were determined, one strove to win as best one could.

— Julia: A Novel by Sandra Newman (60%)

Eurasia, yesterday’s eternal enemy, was now our gallant ally – had always been our gallant ally.

— Julia: A Novel by Sandra Newman (59%)