Reason and justice grip the remotest and the loneliest star. Look at the stars. Don't they look as if they were single diamonds and sapphires? Well, you can imagine any mad botany or geology you please.Father Brown
Whatever else is evil, the pride of a good mother in the beauty of her daughter is good. It is one of those adamantine tendernesses which are the touchstones of every age and race.Father Brown
'You worry yourself; I don't think I understand.' It was the idly lamenting voice of a large man lounging in a neighbouring chair.G. K. Chesterton
'He doesn't really look at anything,' answered Flambeau. 'That's the secret of his wonderful quiet; he doesn't care enough about anything on this earth to look at it.'Flambeau
'Somehow I think it is we that are upside down, and hanging on to the under surface of the world.'Father Brown
Mysticism and exaggeration go together. A mystic must not fear exaggeration but must love it, like an exile loves his home.Father Brown
As he came in under the shadow of the chandelier, the light seemed to leap festively upon a face as close-shaven and as pale as marble, making something oppressive in the perfection of its old-world refinement.G. K. Chesterton
'Never forget there is only one thing in the world more ruthless than the love of a good woman,' he said, and paused, looking at her, 'and that is the indifference of a bad man.'Father Brown
'As I have said before,' went on the priest, 'I miss something that one always catches in your eyes — anxiety.'Father Brown
Nations have been in bloody struggles for a day’s hunting-ground; ideas can shatter civilization.G. K. Chesterton