This was the shocking thing; that the slime of the pit seemed to utter cries and voices; that the amorphous dust gesticulated and sinned; that what was dead, and had no shape, should usurp the offices of life. And this again, that that insurgent horror was knit to him closer than a wife, closer than an eye; lay caged in his flesh, where he heard it mutter and felt it struggle to be born; and at every hour of weakness, and in the confidence of slumber, prevailed against him, and deposed him out of life.
Robert Louis StevensonEveryday courage has few witnesses. But yours is no less noble because no drum beats for you and no crowds shout your name.
Robert Louis StevensonDo not write merely to be understood. Write so you cannot possibly be misunderstood.
Robert Louis Stevenson