Words Worth Noting - September 2, 2024

The notoriously absentminded G.K. Chesterton “frequently forgot to keep appointments and often needed to write an apology to the person he stood up. One time, however, he arrived punctually to see his publisher (to the publisher’s astonishment). But he then handed the man a note containing an explanation of why he couldn’t be there.”

Eric J. Scheske in Gilbert! magazine Vol. 5 #8 (July/August 2002)