Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984)

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“Big Brother is Watching You.”

mentioned in multiple contexts

“Winston kept his back turned to the telescreen It was safer, though, as he well knew, even a back can be revealing.” (Winston)

Part 1,

Chapter 1

“In the far distance a helicopter skimmed down between the roofs, hovered for an instant like a bluebottle, and darted away again with a curving flight. It was the police patrol, snooping into people’s windows.” (Winston)

Part 1,

Chapter 1

“The poster with the enormous face gazed from the wall. It was one of those pictures which are so contrived that the eyes follow you about when you move.” (Winston)

Part 1,

Chapter 1

“It was terribly dangerous to let your thoughts wander ...

The smallest thing could give you away.” (Winston)

Part 1,

Chapter 5

“He thought of the telescreen with its never-sleeping ear. They could spy upon you night and day, but if you kept your head you could still outwit them. With all their cleverness they had never mastered the secret to finding out what another human being was thinking. . . (Winston)

Part 2,

Chapter 7

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