Fiction is to the grown man what play is to the child; it is there that he changes the atmosphere and tenor of his life.

Quote by Robert Louis Stevenson

Topics: Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes

We are all travellers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can...

We are all travellers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can...

It is a golden maxim to cultivate the garden for the nose, and the eyes...

It is a golden maxim to cultivate the garden for the nose, and the eyes...

If your morals make you dreary, depend upon it, they are wrong

If your morals make you dreary, depend upon it, they are wrong

Nothing more strongly arouses our disgust than cannibalism, yet we make the same impression on...

Nothing more strongly arouses our disgust than cannibalism, yet we make the same impression on...

All speech, written or spoken, is a dead language, until it finds a willing and...

All speech, written or spoken, is a dead language, until it finds a willing and...

I am in the habit of looking not so much to the nature of a...

I am in the habit of looking not so much to the nature of a...

Compromise is the best and cheapest lawyer.

Compromise is the best and cheapest lawyer.

Many's the long night I've dreamed of cheese - toasted, mostly.

Many's the long night I've dreamed of cheese - toasted, mostly.

When I am grown to man's estate I shall be very proud and great. And...

When I am grown to man's estate I shall be very proud and great. And...

For God's sake, give me the young man who has brains enough to make a...

For God's sake, give me the young man who has brains enough to make a...

The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean

The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean

Peace is the one condition of survival in this nuclear age.

Peace is the one condition of survival in this nuclear age.

It is better to lose health like a spendthrift than to waste it like a...

It is better to lose health like a spendthrift than to waste it like a...

We are all travelers in the wilderness of the world, and the best that we...

We are all travelers in the wilderness of the world, and the best that we...

Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.

Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.

Judge each day not by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant.

Judge each day not by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant.

You can read Kant by yourself, if you wanted to; but you must share a...

You can read Kant by yourself, if you wanted to; but you must share a...

Nothing made by brute force lasts.

Nothing made by brute force lasts.

When a torrent sweeps a man against a boulder, you must expect him to scream,...

When a torrent sweeps a man against a boulder, you must expect him to scream,...

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.