"Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity."
— G. K. Chesterton
"I do not believe in a fate that falls on all men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act."
— G. K. Chesterton
"There is a great deal of difference between an eager man who wants to read a book and the tired man who wants a book to read."
— G. K. Chesterton
"Art, like morality, consists of drawing the line somewhere."
— G. K. Chesterton
"A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author."
— G. K. Chesterton
