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Realism is simply Romanticism that has lost its reason...that is its reason for existing.
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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And when it rains on your parade, look up rather than down. Without the rain, there would be no rainbow.
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The true object of all human life is play. Earth is a task garden heaven is a playground.
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In the fairy tale, an incomprehensible happiness rests upon an incomprehensible condition. A box is opened and all evils fly out. A word is forgotten and cities perish. A lamp is lit and love flies away. An apple is eaten and the hope of God is gone.
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Jesus promised his disciples three things—that they would be completely fearless, absurdly happy, and in constant trouble.
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