Quote by G.K. Chesterton
“A soldier surrounded by enemies, if he is to cut his way out, needs to combine a strong desire for living with a strange carelesssness about dying. He must not merely cling to live, for then he will be a coward, and will not escape. He must not merely wait for death , for then he will be a suicide, and will not escape. He must seek his life in a spirit of furious indifference to it; he must desire life like water and yet drink death like wine.”
― G.K. Chesterton ,
from Orthodoxy
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Gilbert Keith Chesterton was one of the most influential English writers of the 20th century. His prolific and diverse output included journalism, philosophy, poetry, biography, Christian apologetics, fantasy and detective fiction.
Chesterton has been called the "prince of paradox". Time magazine, in a review of a biography of Chesterton, observed of his writing style: "Whenever possible Chesterton made his points with popular sayings, proverbs, allegories—first carefully turning them inside out.