Robert Louis Stevenson
British novelist, poet, and essayist
WORDS ABOUT WORDS
Bright is the ring of words
When the right man rings them,
Fair the fall of songs
When the singer sings them.
—Robert Louis Stevenson, British novelist, poet, and essayist, Songs of Travel, 1896
Posted on January 26, 2000 at 9:31 AM
WORDS ABOUT WORDS
Every book is, in an intimate sense, a circular letter to the friends of him who writes it. They alone take his meaning; they find private messages, assurances of love, and expressions of gratitude. dropped at every corner. The public is but a generous patron who defrays the postage.
—Robert Louis Stevenson, British novelist, poet, and essayist, Travels with a Donkey, 1879
Posted on June 18, 1998 at 8:22 AM
WORDS ABOUT WORDS
Man is a creature who lives not upon bread alone, but principally by catchwords.
—Robert Louis Stevenson, British novelist, poet, and essayist, Virginibus Puerisque, 1881
Posted on June 22, 1998 at 9:20 AM
WORDS ABOUT WORDS
All speech, written or spoken, is a dead language, until it finds a willing and prepared hearer.
—Robert Louis Stevenson, British novelist, poet, and essayist, Reflections and Remarks on Human Life
Posted on September 26, 2003 at 11:21 AM
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