“The center of every man’s existence is a dream.
Death, disease, insanity, are merely material accidents,
like a toothache or a twisted ankle. That these brutal
forces always besiege and often capture the citadel
does not prove that they are the citadel.”
– G.K. Chesterton
in “Sir Walter Scott,”
from Twelve Types
“Westerners like to dwell in the empyrean of
noble words about spirit and freedom,
but it is not often that they ask someone
whether he has enough money for lunch.”
