О дивный новый мир

           Theirworlddidn’tallowthemtotakethingseasily,didn’tallowthemtobesane,virtuous,happy.Whatwithmothersandlovers,whatwiththeprohibitionstheywerenotconditionedtoobey,whatwiththetemptationsandthelonelyremorses,whatwithallthediseasesandtheendlessisolatingpain,whatwiththeuncertaintiesandthepoverty–theywereforcedtofeelstrongly.Andfeelingstrongly(andstrongly,whatwasmore,insolitude,inhopelesslyindividualisolation),howcouldtheybestable?

           "Ofcoursethere’snoneedtogivehimup.Havesomebodyelsefromtimetotime,that’sall.Hehasothergirls,doesn’the?"

           Leninaadmittedit.

           "Ofcoursehedoes.TrustHenryFostertobetheperfectgentleman–alwayscorrect.Andthenthere’stheDirectortothinkof.Youknowwhatastickler..."

           Nodding,"Hepattedmeonthebehindthisafternoon,"saidLenina.

           "There,yousee!"Fannywastriumphant."Thatshowswhathestandsfor.Thestrictestconventionality."

           "Stability,"saidtheController,"stability.Nocivilizationwithoutsocialstability.Nosocialstabilitywithoutindividualstability."Hisvoicewasatrumpet.Listeningtheyfeltlarger,warmer.

           Themachineturns,turnsandmustkeeponturning–forever.Itisdeathifitstandsstill.Athousandmillionsscrabbledthecrustoftheearth.Thewheelsbegantoturn.Inahundredandfiftyyearsthereweretwothousandmillions.Stopallthewheels.