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Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes

Robert Louis Stevenson quotes

Scottish Writer November 13, 1850 – December 3, 1894

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Now, Bill, sit where you are," said the beggar. "If I can't see, I can hear a finger stirring. Business is business. Hold out your right hand. Boy, take his right hand by the wrist and bring it near my right."We both obeyed him to the letter, and I saw him pass something from the hollow of the hand that held his stick into the palm of the captain's, which closed upon it instantly. Robert Louis Stevenson
This grove, that was now so peaceful, must then have rung with cries, I thought; and even with the thought I could believe I heard it ringing still. Robert Louis Stevenson
In the immediate nearness of the gold, all else had been forgotten [...], and I could not doubt that he hoped to seize upon the treasure, find and board the Hispanola under cover of night, cut every honest throat about that island, and sail away as he had at first intended, laden with crimes and riches. 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: "But of works of art little can be said."
But of works of art little can be said. Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson quote: "It is the mark of a good action that it appears inevitable in..."
It is the mark of a good action that it appears inevitable in retrospect. Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson quote: "The mark of a good action is that it appears inevitable in..."
The mark of a good action is that it appears inevitable in retrospect. Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson quote: "In marriage, a man becomes slack and selfish, and undergoes a..."
In marriage, a man becomes slack and selfish, and undergoes a fatty degeneration of his moral being. Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson quote: "I feel very strongly about putting questions; it partakes too..."
I feel very strongly about putting questions; it partakes too much of the style of the day of judgment. Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson quote: "Many's the long night I've dreamed of cheese--toasted mostly."
Many's the long night I've dreamed of cheese--toasted mostly. Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson quote: "I kept always two books in my pocket, one to read, one to..."
I kept always two books in my pocket, one to read, one to write in. Robert Louis Stevenson
The web, then, or the pattern, a web at once sensuous and logical, an elegant and pregnant texture: that is style, that is the foundation of the art of literature. Robert Louis Stevenson
Trelawney," said the doctor, "contrary to all my notions, I believe you have managed to get two honest men on board with you--that man and John Silver."Silver, if you like," cried the squire, "but as for that intolcrable humbug, I declare I think his conduct unmanly, unsailorly, and downright un-English. Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson quote: "It is a golden maxim to cultivate the garden for the nose, and..."
It is a golden maxim to cultivate the garden for the nose, and the eyes will take care of themselves. Robert Louis Stevenson
Nothing more strongly arouses our disgust than cannibalism, yet we make the same impression on Buddhists and vegetarians, for we feed on babies, though not our own. Robert Louis Stevenson

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