Цитаты из книги автора George Orwell Animal Farm; Homage to Catalonia; Coming Up for Air

once is once too often,

the time I did not grasp that this was because there were no weapons to be had.

did not possess and never had possessed such a thing as a lavat‍

But, after all, it

goodness knows how many times the Spanish standard of marksmanship has saved my life

such things as individual liberty and a truthful press are simply not compatible with military efficiency

One of the most horrible features of war is that all the war-propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, comes invariably from people who are not fighting

gazing with a puzzled frown

candour and ferocity in it

When I joined the militia I had been told that I should be sent to the front the next day, but in fact I had to wait while a fresh centuria was got ready.