Chesterton's Gateway Quotes

“But in order that life should be a story or romance to us, it is necessary that a great part of it, at any rate, should be settled for us without our permission.”
― Ethan Nicolle, Chesterton's Gateway: 14 Essays To Get You Hooked On Chesterton

“I will lift up my eyes to the hills, from whence cometh my help; but I will not lift up my carcass to the hills, unless it is absolutely necessary.”
― Ethan Nicolle, Chesterton's Gateway: 14 Essays To Get You Hooked On Chesterton

“The purpose of the Kipling literature is to show how many extraordinary things a man may see if he is active and strides from continent to continent like the giant in my tale. But the object of my school is to show how many extraordinary things even a lazy and ordinary man may see if he can spur himself to the single activity of seeing.”
― Ethan Nicolle, Chesterton's Gateway: 14 Essays To Get You Hooked On Chesterton

“In other words, we may, by fixing our attention almost fiercely on the facts actually before us, force them to turn into adventures; force them to give up their meaning and fulfill their mysterious purpose.”
― Ethan Nicolle, Chesterton's Gateway: 14 Essays To Get You Hooked On Chesterton