"A man knocking on the door of a brothel is looking for God."
— G. K. Chesterton

January 1, 1970

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The source is actually a 1945 book by Bruce Marshall, The World, The Flesh, and Father Smith, in which he says, "...the young man who rings the bell at the brothel is unconsciously looking for God."