They swallowed everything, and what they swallowed did them no harm, because it left no residue behind, just as a grain of corn will pass undigested through the body of a bird" (156).

I chose this quote because I think it is saying once again how the party is trying to influence their terms into everyone's lives. They say what goes and the rest of the citizens cannot say anything against what the Party is putting out there because there is a big risk of being captured by the Party, and there is also no information that proves the Party wrong.

eccentricity- an oddity or peculiarity, as of conduct

deprecating- to express disapproval of; deplore