I am painfully situated, Utterson; my position is a very strange - a very strange one. It is one of those affairs that cannot be mended by talking.
Robert Louis StevensonYouth is the time to go flashing from one end of the world to the other, both in mind and body.
Robert Louis StevensonEvery heart that has beat strongly and cheerfully has left a hopeful impulse behind it in the world, and bettered the tradition of mankind.
Robert Louis StevensonIf a man loves the labour of his trade, apart from any question of success or fame, the gods have called him.
Robert Louis Stevenson