A terrible, terrible tragedy.

[Jester]

And of those other things he wrote (or said), which is that quote from? Wikiquote tells me he never said it, and I can't find anything better than "attributed" anywhere else, although it certainly is popular with a certain crowd.

Apparently Kipling once said something vaguely similar, but comparing Kipling to Orwell is apples and oranges indeed.

-Jester