A blog dedicated to providing quotes by and posts relating to one of the most influential (and quotable!) authors of the twentieth century, G.K. Chesterton (1874-1936). If you do not know much about GKC, I suggest visiting the webpage of the American Chesterton Society as well as this wonderful Chesterton Facebook Page by a fellow Chestertonian

I also have created a list detailing examples of the influence of Chesterton if you are interested, that I work on from time to time.

(Moreover, for a list of short GKC quotes, I have created one here, citing the sources)

"...Stevenson had found that the secret of life lies in laughter and humility."

-Heretics (1905)
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Wednesday, June 1, 2011

President Theodore Roosevelt and GKC

G.K. Chesterton- one of [Theodore] Roosevelt's favorite contemporary writers- often asserted that, "The most extraordinary thing in the world is an ordinary man and an ordinary woman and their ordinary children."

-Carry a Big Stick: The Uncommon Heroism of Theodore Roosevelt, p.123 (George Grant)

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