1984 (3,1) In the Place Where There Is No Darkness

We close the chapter in this holding cell in the Ministry of Love with one more surprise visit.

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The boots were approaching again. The door opened. O’Brien came in.

Winston started to his feet. The shock of the sight had driven all caution out of him. for the first time in many years he forgot the presence of the telescreen.

“They’ve got you too!” he cried.

“They got me a long time ago,” said O’Brien with a mild, almost regretful irony. He stepped aside. From behind him there emerged a broad-chested guard with a long black truncheon in his hand.

“You knew this Winston,” said O’Brien. “Don’t deceive yourself. You did know it - you have always known it.”

Yes, he saw now, he had always known it. But there was no time to think of that. All he had eyes for was the truncheon in the guard’s hand. It might fall anywhere: on the crown, on the tip of the ear, on the upper arm, on the elbow -

The elbow! He had slumped to his knees, almost paralyzed, clasping the stricken elbow with his other hand. Everything had exploded into yellow light. Inconceivable, inconceivable that one blow could cause such pain! the light cleared and he could see the other two looking down at him. The guard was laughing at his contortions. One question at any rate was answered. Never, for any reason on earth, could you wish for an increase of pain. Of pain you could wish only one thing: that it should stop. Nothing in the world was so bad as physical pain. In the face of pain there are no heroes, no heroes, he thought over and over as he writhed on the floor, clutching uselessly at his disabled left arm.

-- “1984” by George Orwell

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Alyssa Milano

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Alyssa Milano shows off her bare body for Maxim magazine’s July/August 2013 issue, out on newsstands now!

Here’s what the 40-year-old actress had to share with the mag:

On growing up in front of the country: “But it wasn’t weird, because I didn’t know any different. You know, I went through puberty like everyone else; it only got embarrassing when the show would take what was going on with me and write it into the show, like “Samantha’s First Bra.” It was like, OK, guys, do we really need to do this? But what an awesome time stamp!”

-- ONTD

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Marilyn