The true object of all human life is play. Earth is a task garden; heaven is a playground.

I mean that we here are on the wrong side of the tapestry,' answered Father Brown. 'The things that happen here do not seem to mean anything; they mean something somewhere else. Somewhere else retribution will come on the real offender. Here it often seems to fall on the wrong person.

We all feel the riddle of the earth without anyone to point it out. The mystery of life is the plainest part of it.

The true object of all human life is play.

What are you doing on Earth, for Heaven's sake?

We're all human, aren't we? Every human life is worth the same, and worth saving.