Quotes Oct 18, 2026
Always a Novel
G. K. Chesterton on why the novel is read more than books of science or metaphysics.
People wonder why the novel is the most popular form of literature; people wonder why it is read more than books of science or books of metaphysics. The reason is very simple; it is merely that the novel is more true than they are. Life may sometimes legitimately appear as a book of science. Life may sometimes appear, and with a much greater legitimacy, as a book of metaphysics. But life is always a novel.
— G. K. Chesterton, In Defense of Sanity: The Best Essays of G.K. Chesterton
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