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Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 – 1894) was a Scottish novelist and travel writer, most noted for Treasure Island , Kidnapped , Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde , and A Child’s Garden of Verses . Born and educated in Edinburgh, Stevenson suffered from serious bronchial trouble for much of his life, but continued to write prolifically and travel widely in defiance of his poor health. As a young man, he mixed in London literary circles, receiving encouragement from Andrew Lang, Edmund Gosse, Leslie Stephen and W. E. Henley, the last of whom may have provided the model for Long John Silver in Treasure Island . Stevenson spent several years in search of a location suited to his health, before finally settling in Samoa, where he died. A celebrity in his lifetime, Stevenson attracted a more negative critical response for much of the 20th century, though his reputation has been largely restored. He is currently ranked as the 26th most translated author in the world.
“So long as we love we serve; so long as we are loved by others, I would almost say that we are indispensable; and no man is useless while he has a friend.”
“There are no foreign lands. It is the traveler only who is foreign.”
“Our business in life is not to succeed, but to continue to fail in good spirits.”
“In each of us, two natures are at war – the good and the evil. All our lives the fight goes on between them, and one of them must conquer. But in our own hands lies the power to choose – what we want most to be, we are.”
“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.”
“Everyone, at some time or another, sits down to a banquet of consequences. ”
“Everyday courage has few witnesses. But yours is no less noble because no drum beats for you and no crowds shout your name.”
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- - - - - - -“There are no foreign lands. It is the traveler only who is foreign.”
“Our business in life is not to succeed, but to continue to fail in good spirits.”
“In each of us, two natures are at war – the good and the evil. All our lives the fight goes on between them, and one of them must conquer. But in our own hands lies the power to choose – what we want most to be, we are.”
“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.”
“Everyone, at some time or another, sits down to a banquet of consequences. ”
“Everyday courage has few witnesses. But yours is no less noble because no drum beats for you and no crowds shout your name.”