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G.K. Chesterton

G.K. Chesterton


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.
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But she never was polite unless there was company.
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Restless aspiring discontented me.
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and turned into Bartholomew Close; and now I became aware that other people were waiting about for Mr. Jaggers, as well as I. There were two men of secret appearance lounging in Bartholomew Close, and thoughtfully fitting their feet into the cracks of the pavement as they
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Who am I," cried Miss Havisham, striking her stick upon the floor and flashing into wrath so suddenly that Estella glanced up at her in surprise, "who am I, for God's sake, that I should be kind?
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If they disclosed to me, as I suspect they did, that I should not come back, and that Biddy was quite right, all I can say is,—they were quite right too. Chapter
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CHAPTER 9
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E agora tive a impressão de que minha última âncora estava sendo levantada, e que em pouco tempo eu estaria sendo levado pelos ventos e correntezas.
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Porque si es para vengarte de ella ‑ prosiguió Biddy‑, creo, aunque tú sabrás mejor lo que te conviene, que lo lograrías mejor no haciendo caso de sus palabras. Pero si es para conquistarla, creo, aunque tú lo sabes mejor, que no lo merece.
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so you’re the blacksmith, are you? Then I’m sorry to say, I’ve eat your pie.” “God knows you’re welcome to it—so far as it was ever mine,” returned Joe, with a saving remembrance of Mrs. Joe. “We don’t know what you have done, but we wouldn’t have you starved to death for it, poor miserable fellow-creature.—Would us, Pip?
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It may be only small injustice that the child can be exposed to; but the child is small, and its world is small, and its rocking-horse stands as many hands high, according to scale, as a big-boned Irish hunter.
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Unutulmaz bir gün oldu bu benim için, çünkü bende büyük değişimler yarattı. Zaten herkesin yaşamında böyle olmaz mı? Yaşamınızdaki sayılı günlerden bir tekini silin... yazgınızın yönü kim bilir nasıl değişik olurdu! Bunu okurken bir dakika durun, sizi çekip götüren zinciri düşünün; ister demirden olsun ister altından, ister çiçeklerden ister dikenlerden örülü olsun... o unutulmaz günlerin birinde ilk halkası yaratılmasaydı, bu zincir belki de size, yaşantınıza hiç dolanmayacaktı!
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Old Barley might be as old as thee hills, and might swear like a whole field of troopers, but there were redeeming youth and trust and hope enough in Chinks's Basin to fill it to overflowing.
topics: family , home  
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great expectations.
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like the noise of wind in the rigging of a ship at sea.
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next to Godliness, and some people do the same by their religion.
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  Porque si es para vengarte de ella   prosiguió Biddy , creo, aunque tú sabrás mejor lo que te conviene, que lo lograrías mejor no haciendo caso de sus palabras. Pero si es para conquistarla, creo, aunque tú lo sabes mejor, que no lo merece.
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—¿Por qué no lloras ahora, pequeño miserable? —Porque no lloraré más por usted
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could not have seemed to myself further from my hopes when I was nearest to her. The
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O ise iki elini birden göğsünün sol yanına bastırarak, "Ellerimin altında ne var, biliyor musun?" diye sordu. "Evet, efendim." "Ne var, peki?" "Yüreğiniz." "Kanayan bir yürek!
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Pense num dia qualquer, e o subtraia, e veja que, sem ele, a sua vida teria um rumo inteiramente diferente. Faça uma pausa, você que lê estas palavras, e, por um momento, pense na imensa corrente de ferro ou de ouro, de espinhos ou flores, que talvez jamais o tivesse encadeado, não fosse a formação do primeiro elo de um dia memorável.
topics: vida  
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