What is not hereditary cannot be permanent. Author: George Orwell Copy Quote More from George Orwell “The past was erased, the erasure was forgotten, the lie became the truth.” “They laid me down again while somebody fetched a stretcher. As soon as I knew t…” “For the first time in my life I took to writing things on walls. The passage-wa…” “Let's face it: our lives are miserable, laborious, and short.”