The only words that ever satisfied me as describing nature are the terms used in fairy books, charm, spell, enchantment; they express the arbitrariness of the fact and its mystery.


G. K. Chesterton: a selection from his non-fictional prose (ed. 1970)


The only words that ever satisfied me as describing nature are the terms used in fairy books, charm, spell, enchantment; they express the...

The only words that ever satisfied me as describing nature are the terms used in fairy books, charm, spell, enchantment; they express the...

The only words that ever satisfied me as describing nature are the terms used in fairy books, charm, spell, enchantment; they express the...

The only words that ever satisfied me as describing nature are the terms used in fairy books, charm, spell, enchantment; they express the...