Chesterton Quote of the Day

One of many sparks of genius from The Napoleon of Notting Hill, the novel that opens with the incomparable words "The human race, to which so many of my readers belong..."

In a world without humour, the only thing to do is to eat. And how perfect an exception! How can these people strike dignified attitudes, and pretend that things matter, when the total ludicrousness of life is proved by the very method by which it is supported? A man strikes the lyre, and says, 'Life is real, life is earnest,' and then goes into a room and stuffs alien substances into a hole in his head.

via Chesterton Day by Day