I'm a romantic a sentimental person thinks things will last a romantic person hopes against hope that they won't.
First you take a drink then the drink takes a drink then the drink takes you.
If you've never felt that you quite got a hold of it you just feel that...
We are equally glad and surprised at Winston's return to office. It shows that he was built for success that he should have declined to withdraw and sulk over a superficial failure.