“I must go back. Whether it is God's wrath for the wrong I have done, I do not know; but I am drawn back to him through every suffrage and ill-usage; and I should be, I believe, if I knew I was to die by his hand at last.”
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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.