But I was frightfully fond of the universe and wanted to address it by…

Gilbert K. Chesterton
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But I was frightfully fond of the universe and wanted to address it by a diminutive. I often did so; and it never seemed to mind. ✨ Gilbert K. Chesterton (2013). The Essential Gilbert K. Chesterton, p.46, Simon and Schuster
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But I was frightfully fond of the universe and wanted to address it by a diminutive. I often did so; and it never seemed to mind. ✨ Gilbert K. Chesterton (2013). The Essential Gilbert K. Chesterton, p.46, Simon and Schuster

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