More quotes by G.K. Chesterton

"I always like a dog so long as he isn't spelled backward."
"Free verse is like free love; it is a contradiction in terms."
"Merely having an open mind is nothing. The object of opening the mind, as of opening the mouth, is to shut it again on something solid."
"Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity."
"But there is in everything a reasonable division of labour. I have written the book, and nothing on earth would induce me to read it."