"'So long as human beings stay human, death and life are the same thing'" (136).
This quote possibly represents Winston's outlook on the future of the world. Humans are not perfect; we make mistakes and we lust for power. It was because of a few people's greed for power that the Party was created, and from there the world of 1984 was crafted. Now, because of man's imperfections, living in this dystopian society is death. Death is ensured, more so than if there was no Party and Capitalism still reigned. In a free society, one could act as one pleases, without worry of intrusion from the government. Winston is saying that as long as humans are the way they are, power-hungry and cruel, living will never truly be living, but an extension of death.
Prosaic[Word used in text: Prosaically]-[Adjective] 1. Commonplace or dull; matter-of-fact or unimaginative
Hence-[Adverb] 1. From this time; from now on
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