Father Brown Quotes

“Odd, isn't it," he said, "that a thief and a vagabond should repent, when so many who are rich and secure remain hard and frivolous, and without fruit for God or man?”
― G.K. Chesterton, Father Brown: Essential Tales

“I never said it was always wrong to enter fairyland. I only said it was always dangerous.”
― G.K. Chesterton, Father Brown: Essential Tales

“Has it never struck you that a man who does next to nothing but hear men's real sins is not likely to be wholly unaware of human evil? But, as a matter of fact, another part of my trade, too, made me sure you weren't a priest." "What?" asked the thief, almost gaping. "You attacked reason," said Father Brown. "It's bad theology.”
― G.K. Chesterton, Father Brown: Essential Tales