You asked me once,' said O'Brien, 'what was in Room 101. I told you th…

George Orwell
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You asked me once,' said O'Brien, 'what was in Room 101. I told you that you knew the answer already. Everyone knows it. The thing that is in Room 101 is the worst thing in the world. ✨ George Orwell, A.M. Heath (2003). Animal Farm and 1984, p.373, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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You asked me once,' said O'Brien, 'what was in Room 101. I told you that you knew the answer already. Everyone knows it. The thing that is in Room 101 is the worst thing in the world. ✨ George Orwell, A.M. Heath (2003). Animal Farm and 1984, p.373, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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