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Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes

Robert Louis Stevenson quotes about god

Scottish Writer November 13, 1850 – December 3, 1894

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Robert Louis Stevenson quote: "If a man loves the labour of his trade, apart from any..."
If a man loves the labour of his trade, apart from any question of success or fame, the gods have called him. Robert Louis Stevenson
The best things are nearest: breath in your nostrils, light in your eyes, flowers at your feet, duties at your hand, the path of God just before you. Then do not grasp at the stars, but do life's plain common work as it comes certain that daily duties and daily bread are the sweetest things of life. Robert Louis Stevenson
Half an hour from now, when I shall again and for ever reindue that hated personality, I know how I shall sit shuddering and weeping in my chair, or continue, with the most strained and fear-struck ecstasy of listening, to pace up and down this room (my last earthly refuge) and give ear to every sound of menace. Will Hyde die upon the scaffold? or will he find the courage to release himself at the last moment? God knows; I am careless; this is my true hour of death, and what is to follow... Robert Louis Stevenson
I swear to God I will never set eyes on him again. I bind my honour to you that I am done with him in this world. It is all at an end. And indeed he does not want my help; you do not know him as I do; he is safe, he is quite safe; mark my words, he will never more be heard of. ~Jekyll Robert Louis Stevenson
And what is the sea?" asked Will. "The sea!" cried the miller. "Lord help us all, it is the greatest thing God made! Robert Louis Stevenson
O God!' I screamed, and 'O God!' again and again; for there before my eyes--pale and shaken, and half fainting, and groping before him with his hands, like a man restored from death--there stood Henry Jekyll! Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson quote: "A true writer is someone the gods have called to the task."
A true writer is someone the gods have called to the task. Robert Louis Stevenson

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