How we cite our quotes: (Record.Paragraph)
Quote #1
To unbend the wild curve, to straighten it out to a tangent-to a straight line! (1.7)
Power here is expressed in mathematical terms, like a lot of things in the One State. And because it's a basic, fundamental concept—bending a curve into a straight line—it speaks to profound and mighty changes: something that could affect the fabric of the universe itself.
Quote #2
You looked about you like an inspired mythological god on the seventh day of creation. (2.13)
I-330 compares D-503 to God here… a total no-no in a world where the State is supposed to be everything. More importantly, she seems to suggest that the divine is in the individual, rather than in the State as official doctrine suggests. In other words, individuals, not institutions, have the real power.
Quote #3
The Tables transformed each one of us, actually, into a six-wheeled steel hero of a great poem. (3.6)
Contrast this with the earlier quote. There, the man acts as a God. Here, the Tables shape men. They're not even human beings: just machinery to be pushed around as the State wishes. The freaky thing is that D-503 thinks this is a good thing, and that belief itself gives the State power over him.