Perhaps one did not want to be loved so much as to be understood. - George Orwell
" "Perhaps one did not want to be loved so much as to be understood.
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About George Orwell
George Orwell (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950) was the pen name of British novelist, essayist, and journalist Eric Arthur Blair, whose work is characterised by lucid prose, awareness of social injustice, opposition to totalitarianism, and strong support of democratic socialism.
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John Freeman
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Eric Blair
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P. S. Burton
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