Words Worth Noting - December 15, 2025

“Romances are more real than realistic novels, for various reasons, which all should easily perceive. For one thing, romance describes how ordinary people find life exciting. Whereas realistic fiction describes how odd or extraordinary people find life dull.”

G.K. Chesterton in The New York American reprinted in Gilbert: the Magazine of the Society of G.K. Chesterton Vol. 28 #3 (Jan./Feb. 2025)