The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean; not to affect your reader, but to affect him precisely as you wish.

Quote by Robert Louis Stevenson

Topics: Literature Quotes, Writing Quotes

Nothing like a little judicious levity.

Nothing like a little judicious levity.

To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is...

To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is...

To forget oneself is to be happy.

To forget oneself is to be happy.

Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a poor substitute for...

Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a poor substitute for...

The Devil, can sometimes do a very gentlemanly thing.

The Devil, can sometimes do a very gentlemanly thing.

Youth is wholly experimental

Youth is wholly experimental

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...

We all know what Parliament is, and we are all ashamed of it.

We all know what Parliament is, and we are all ashamed of it.

Marriage is one long conversation, chequered by disputes.

Marriage is one long conversation, chequered by disputes.

To be wholly devoted to some intellectual exercise is to have succeeded in life.

To be wholly devoted to some intellectual exercise is to have succeeded in life.

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,...

An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding.

An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding.

The world has no room for cowards.

The world has no room for cowards.

Marriage is like life - it is a field of battle, not a bed of...

Marriage is like life - it is a field of battle, not a bed of...

Compromise is the best and cheapest lawyer.

Compromise is the best and cheapest lawyer.

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...

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

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

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...

I never weary of great churches. It is my favorite kind of mountain scenery. Mankind...

I never weary of great churches. It is my favorite kind of mountain scenery. Mankind...

It is one thing to mortify curiosity, another to conquer it.

It is one thing to mortify curiosity, another to conquer it.