Monday, June 14, 2010


“The way to love anything is to realize that it might be lost.”

- G. K. Chesterton

Gilbert Keith Chesterton (29 May 1874 – 14 June 1936) was an English writer. His prolific and diverse output included philosophy, ontology, poetry, play writing, journalism, public lecturing and debating, biography, Christian apologetics, fantasy and detective fiction.

Chesterton routinely referred to himself as an "orthodox Christian, and came to identify such a position with Catholicism more and more, eventually converting to Roman Catholicism from Anglicanism. George Bernard Shaw, Chesterton's "friendly enemy" according to Time, said of him, "He was a man of colossal genius".

Taken from Wikipedia

Our family have really enjoyed his books over the years. One of my favorites is - The Father Brown Stories collection.