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1  Perhaps one did not want to be loved so much as to be understood.
Nineteen Eighty-Four By George Orwell
ContextHighlight   In PART 3: Chapter 2
2  He had understood it all, weighed it all, and it made no difference: all was justified by the ultimate purpose.
Nineteen Eighty-Four By George Orwell
ContextHighlight   In PART 3: Chapter 3
3  Everything was all right, there was no more pain, the last detail of his life was laid bare, understood, forgiven.
Nineteen Eighty-Four By George Orwell
ContextHighlight   In PART 3: Chapter 2
4  What most afflicted him with the sense of nightmare was that he had never clearly understood why the huge imposture was undertaken.
Nineteen Eighty-Four By George Orwell
ContextHighlight   In PART 1: Chapter 7
5  So far as it could be achieved, a Newspeak word of this class was simply a staccato sound expressing ONE clearly understood concept.
Nineteen Eighty-Four By George Orwell
ContextHighlight   In PART 3: Chapter 7-APPENDIX
6  Under this lies a fact never mentioned aloud, but tacitly understood and acted upon: namely, that the conditions of life in all three super-states are very much the same.
Nineteen Eighty-Four By George Orwell
ContextHighlight   In PART 2: Chapter 9
7  But he had suddenly understood that in the whole world there was just ONE person to whom he could transfer his punishment--ONE body that he could thrust between himself and the rats.
Nineteen Eighty-Four By George Orwell
ContextHighlight   In PART 3: Chapter 5