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G K Chesterton: Am in Birmingham....

G K Chesterton: Am in Birmingham....

Am in Birmingham. Where ought I to be?

Source: Telegram to his wife during a...

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G K Chesterton: It seems a...

G K Chesterton: It seems a...

It seems a pity that psychology should have destroyed all our knowledge of human nature.

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G K Chesterton: The human race,...

G K Chesterton: The human race,...

The human race, to which so many of my readers belong.

Source: The Napoleon of...

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G K Chesterton: The rolling English...

G K Chesterton: The rolling English...

The rolling English drunkard made the rolling
English road.
A reeling road, a rolling road, that rambles...

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G K Chesterton: Tea, although an...

G K Chesterton: Tea, although an...

Tea, although an Oriental,
Is a gentleman at least;
Cocoa is a cad and coward,
Cocoa is a vulgar...

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G K Chesterton: The timidity of...

G K Chesterton: The timidity of...

The timidity of the child or the savage is entirely reasonable; they are alarmed at this world, because this world is...

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E B White: I have occasionally...

E B White: I have occasionally...

I have occasionally had the exquisite thrill of putting my finger on a little capsule of truth, and heard it give a...

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Edward Dahlberg: I would rather...

Edward Dahlberg: I would rather...

I would rather take hellebore than spend a conversation with a good, little man.

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Edward Dahlberg: We are ruled...

Edward Dahlberg: We are ruled...

We are ruled by chance but never have enough patience to accept its despotism.

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Charles Dickens: She's been thinking...

Charles Dickens: She's been thinking...

She's been thinking of the old 'un!

Source: (Mr Peggotty of Mrs Gummidge) David...

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Charles Dickens: Therefore I do...

Charles Dickens: Therefore I do...

Therefore I do require it, which I makes confession, to be brought reg'lar and draw'd...

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Charles Dickens: I revere the...

Charles Dickens: I revere the...

I revere the memory of Mr. F. as an estimable man and most indulgent husband, only necessary to mention Asparagus and...

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Charles Dickens: Mr Podsnap settled...

Charles Dickens: Mr Podsnap settled...

Mr Podsnap settled that whatever he put behind him he put out of existence . . . Mr Podsnap had even acquired a...

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Charles Dickens: There's a Providence...

Charles Dickens: There's a Providence...

'There's a Providence in it all,' said Sam. `O' course there is,' replied his father with a nod of grave approval....

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Charles Dickens: An observer of...

Charles Dickens: An observer of...

'An observer of human nature, sir,' said Mr Pickwick.

Source: Pickwick Papers, Ch....

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P G Wodehouse: Unlike the male...

P G Wodehouse: Unlike the male...

Unlike the male codfish which, suddenly finding itself the parent of three million five hundred thousand little...

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James Thurber: Boys are beyond...

James Thurber: Boys are beyond...

Boys are beyond the range of anybody's sure understanding, at least when they are between the ages of 18 months and 90...

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Christopher Morley: There is no...

Christopher Morley: There is no...

There is no squabbling so violent as that between people who accepted an idea yesterday and those who will accept the...

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Mark Twain: Keep away from...

Mark Twain: Keep away from...

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you...

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Mark Twain: I must have...

Mark Twain: I must have...

I must have a prodigious quantity of mind; it takes me as much as a week, sometimes, to make it...

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