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Gilbert Keith Chesterton ...

"The way to love anything is to realize that it might be lost."

"And when it rains on your parade, look up rather than down. Without the rain, there would be no rainbow."

"There are no rules of architecture for a castle in the clouds."

"When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude."

"The only way of catching a train I have ever discovered is to miss the train before."

"One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak."

"Truth must necessarily be stranger than fiction, for fiction is the creation of the human mind."

"The traveler sees what he sees, the tourist see what he has come to see."
 
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Stop looking at
the dirt on the window pane,
and focus on the
beauty beyond

One of my favorite poems:

The duel

The gingham dog and the calico cat
Side by side on the table sat;
T'was half past twelve, and (what do you think!)
Nor one nor t'other had slept a wink!
The old Dutch clock and the Chinese plate
Appeared to know as sure as fate
There was going to be a terrible spat
(I wasn't there; I simply state
What was told to me by the Chinese plate!)
The gingham dog went "Bow-wow-wow!"
And the calico cat replied "Mee-ow!"
The air was littered, an hour or so,
With bits of gingham and calico,
While the old Dutch clock in the chimney-place
Up with its hands before its face,
For it always dreaded a family row!
(Now mind: I'm only telling you
What the old Dutch clock declares is true!)
The Chinese plate looked very blue,
And wailed, "Oh, dear! what shall we do!"
But the gingham dog and the calico cat
Wallowed this way and tumbled that,
Employing every tooth and claw
In the awfulest way you ever saw--
And oh! How the gingham and calico flew!
(Don't fancy I exaggerate--I got my news from the Chinese plate!)
Next morning, where the two had sat
They found no trace of dog or cat;
And some folks think unto this day
That burglars stole that pair away!
But the truth about that cat and pup
Is this: they ate each other up!
Now what do you really think of that!
(The old Dutch clock it told me so,
And that is how I came to know.)
 
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mymilliefleur said:
[COLOR=4B0082]Stop looking at[/COLOR]
[COLOR=4B0082]the dirt on the window pane,[/COLOR]
[COLOR=4B0082]and focus on the[/COLOR]
[COLOR=4B0082]beauty beyond[/COLOR]

One of my favorite poems:

The duel

The gingham dog and the calico cat

Side by side on the table sat;

T'was half past twelve, and (what do you think!)

Nor one nor t'other had slept a wink!

The old Dutch clock and the Chinese plate

Appeared to know as sure as fate

There was going to be a terrible spat

(I wasn't there; I simply state

What was told to me by the Chinese plate!)
The gingham dog went "Bow-wow-wow!"

And the calico cat replied "Mee-ow!"

The air was littered, an hour or so,

With bits of gingham and calico,

While the old Dutch clock in the chimney-place

Up with its hands before its face,

For it always dreaded a family row!
(Now mind: I'm only telling you

What the old Dutch clock declares is true!)

The Chinese plate looked very blue,

And wailed, "Oh, dear! what shall we do!"

But the gingham dog and the calico cat

Wallowed this way and tumbled that,

Employing every tooth and claw

In the awfulest way you ever saw--

And oh! How the gingham and calico flew!

(Don't fancy I exaggerate--I got my news from the Chinese plate!)
Next morning, where the two had sat

They found no trace of dog or cat;

And some folks think unto this day

That burglars stole that pair away!

But the truth about that cat and pup

Is this: they ate each other up!

Now what do you really think of that!

(The old Dutch clock it told me so,

And that is how I came to know.)
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I used to have a children's book about the gingham dog and calico cat :)
 

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