A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author.
Gilbert K. ChestertonI left the fairy tales lying on the floor of the nursery, and I have not found any books so sensible since.
Gilbert K. ChestertonThe modern world is not evil; in some ways the modern world is far too good. It is full of wild and wasted virtues. When a religious scheme is shattered (as Christianity was shattered at the Reformation), it is not merely the vices that are let loose. The vices are, indeed, let loose, and they wander and do damage. But the virtues are let loose also; and the virtues wander more wildly, and the virtues do more terrible damage. The modern world is full of the old Christian virtues gone mad. The virtues have gone mad because they have been isolated from each other and are wandering alone.
Gilbert K. ChestertonIt is true that I am of an older fashion; much that I love has been destroyed or sent into exile.
Gilbert K. Chesterton