| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 43145 |
| QUOTATION: | The sexual act, successfully performed, was rebellion. Desire was thoughtcrime. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | George Orwell (19031950), British novelist. Nineteen Eighty-Four, Part 1, sect. 6 (1948). |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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