Who made the quote:

Originally posted by HandyAndy
1984

Good.

Here's an easy one:

"No witchcraft, no enemy action had silenced the rebirth of new life
in this stricken world. The people had done it themselves."

Originally posted by Shallow Blue
Necronomicon?

Here's one:

"They dauncen, and they pleyen at ches and tables."

(Spelling is correct... and that's a hint.)

Richard

Geoffrey Chaucer - perhaps Canterbury Tales ?

"Oldthinkers unbellyfeel Ingsoc."

Originally posted by oradbaforpsoft
Geoffrey Chaucer - perhaps Canterbury Tales ?

Correct - the Franklin's Tale.

Richard

Originally posted by Savielly
"Oldthinkers unbellyfeel Ingsoc."

We've almost had that one already. It's not 1984, but the afterword and/or explicatory material to 1984.

Richard

Originally posted by Shallow Blue
We've almost had that one already. It's not 1984, but the afterword and/or explicatory material to 1984.

Richard

Actually, the quoted line from the novel 1984 is a description of a book. It is a fictional book (not existing outside the novel) used as a plot device.

The title is The Theory and Practice of Oligarchical Collectivism, by Emmanuel Goldstein.

"A heavy black volume, amateurishly bound, with no name or title on the cover. The print also looked slightly irregular. The pages were worn at the edges, and fell apart easily, as though the book had passed through many hands. The inscription on the title-page ran:
THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF
OLIGARCHICAL COLLECTIVISM
by
Emmanuel Goldstein"

Winston reads a bit of the book after finding it in the room above Mr. Charrington's shop before being arrested by the Thought Police.

A tough one:

"...and then he plunged suddenly underground into great tunnels that the weight of his falling waters delved; and he issued again three leagues southward with great noise and smoke through rocky arches at the foot of the hills...

Originally posted by AThousandYoung
A tough one:

"...and then he plunged suddenly underground into great tunnels that the weight of his falling waters delved; and he issued again three leagues southward with great noise and smoke through rocky arches at the foot of the hills...

Silmarillion? Tolkien?