G.K. Chesterton
(1874–1936)

G.K. ChestertonAnecdote...

Chesterton's mind was so preoccupied that he frequently forgot to keep appointments. He relied on his wife in all practical matters. Once on a lecture tour he sent her the following telegram: "Am in Birmingham. Where ought I to be?" She wired back: "Home."

 

Quote-worthy...

Do not free a camel of the burden of his hump; you may be freeing him from being a camel. —G.K. Chesterton


Biographical Note...

British essayist, novelist, critic, and poet. He wrote a series of detective stories centered in the character of Father Brown, a Roman Catholic priest. In 1922 he himself became a Roman Catholic and thereafter wrote chiefly on religious themes.


More Information...

Visit the American Chesterton Society Web site for a biography, quotations, and "Chesterton 101" (a basic, basic course on Chesterton's works). You can also read more about G.K. Chesterton here. For more Chesterton, read The Wit and Wisdom of G.K. Chesterton, and find out why he is one of the most quotable writers of the twentieth-century.