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The more truly we can see life as a fairytale, the more clearly the tale resolves itself into war with the dragon who is wasting fairyland.
Gilbert K. Chesterton
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Gilbert K. Chesterton
Age: 62 †
Born: 1874
Born: May 29
Died: 1936
Died: June 14
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The voice of the special rebels and prophets, recommending discontent, should, as I have said, sound now and then suddenly, like a trumpet. But the voices of the saints and sages, recommending contentment, should sound unceasingly, like the sea.
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Is ditchwater dull? Naturalists with microscopes have told me that it teems with quiet fun.
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My life is passed in making bad jokes and seeing them turn into true prophecies.
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You'll never find the solution if you don't see the problem.
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And when it rains on your parade, look up rather than down. Without the rain, there would be no rainbow.
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