In the old
days, he thought, a man looked at a girl’s body and saw that it was desirable, and that was the end
of the story. But you could not have pure love or pure lust nowadays. No emotion was pure, because
everything was mixed up with fear and hatred. Their embrace had been a battle, the climax a
victory. It was a blow struck against the Party. It was a political act.

Author: George Orwell