Robert Louis Stevenson

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

The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean; not to affect your reader, but read more

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.

For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair read more

For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move.

Everybody, soon or late, sits down to a banquet of consequences.

Everybody, soon or late, sits down to a banquet of consequences.

Anyone can carry his burden, however heavy, until nightfall. Anyone can do his work, however hard, for one day. Anyone read more

Anyone can carry his burden, however heavy, until nightfall. Anyone can do his work, however hard, for one day. Anyone can live sweetly, patiently, lovingly, purely, until the sun goes down. And this is all that life really means.