The man who throws a bomb is an artist, because he prefers a great mom…

Gilbert K. Chesterton
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The man who throws a bomb is an artist, because he prefers a great moment to everything. ✨ The Man Who Was Thursday. Book by G. K. Chesterton, Ch. I : The Two Poets of Saffron Park, 1908.
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The man who throws a bomb is an artist, because he prefers a great moment to everything. ✨ The Man Who Was Thursday. Book by G. K. Chesterton, Ch. I : The Two Poets of Saffron Park, 1908.

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