He was an embittered atheist (the sort of atheist who does not so much disbelieve in God as personally dislike Him)...

George Orwell Down and Out in Paris and London (1933), Chapter 30 Verified source · How we source quotes
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Orwell is describing Bozo, a London pavement artist, in Down and Out in Paris and London. Bozo enjoyed believing that human affairs would never improve, and sleeping on the Embankment he consoled himself with the thought that life on Mars must be even harsher. Orwell admits he does not know why this cheered him.

Source: Down and Out in Paris and London (1933), Chapter 30

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