the real trouble with this world of ours is not that it is an unreasonable world, nor even that it is a reasonable one.
the commonest kind of trouble is that it is nearly reasonable, but not quite.
life is not an illogicality; yet it is a trap for logicians.
it looks just a little more mathematical and regular than it is;
its exactitude is obvious, but its inexactitude is hidden;
its wildness lies in wait
--g k chesterton