Angels can fly because they can take themselves lightly.
G. K. ChestertonOrthodoxy, 1908 · Chapter VII: The Eternal Revolution
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3 passages by G. K. Chesterton, from Orthodoxy, All Things Considered and Tremendous Trifles. G. K. Chesterton died in 1936, so the words are in the public domain. Every passage is copied word for word from the Project Gutenberg text.
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English writer (1874–1936) of essays, poetry and fiction, creator of the priest-detective Father Brown and author of Orthodoxy.
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