G. K. Chesterton Quote

The whole difference between construction and creation is exactly this: that a thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists, as the mother can love the unborn child.


Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens Chapter III "Pickwick Papers" (1911)


The whole difference between construction and creation is exactly this: that a thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a...

The whole difference between construction and creation is exactly this: that a thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a...

The whole difference between construction and creation is exactly this: that a thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a...

The whole difference between construction and creation is exactly this: that a thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a...