Must we to bed indeed? Well then, Let us arise and go like men, And face with an undaunted tread The long black passage up to bed.
Robert Louis Stevenson
Undaunted Tread, Black Passage, Bed Courage, Courage, Passage, Night
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“We must go on, because we can’t turn back.” Robert Louis Stevenson
Go Onward, No Turning, Forward Resolve, Determination, Forward, Resolve
Robert Louis Stevenson Go Onward, No Turning, Forward Resolve, Determination, Forward, Resolve“I lay down flat in the bottom of that wretched skiff and devoutly recommended my spirit to its Maker. At the end of the straits, I made sure we must fall into some bar of raging breakers, where all my troubles would be ended speedily; and though I could, perhaps, bear to die, I could not bear to look upon my fate as it approached.” Robert Louis Stevenson
Facing Death, Skiff Reflection, Raging Breakers, Mortality, Faith, Fear
Robert Louis Stevenson Facing Death, Skiff Reflection, Raging Breakers, Mortality, Faith, Fear“Our affections and beliefs are wiser than we; the best that is in us is better than we can understand; for it is grounded beyond experience, and guides us, blindfold but safe, from one age on to another.” Robert Louis Stevenson
Inner Wisdom, Timeless Guidance, Belief Strength, Wisdom, Guidance, Belief
Robert Louis Stevenson Inner Wisdom, Timeless Guidance, Belief Strength, Wisdom, Guidance, Belief“It's a pleasant thing to be young, and have ten toes.” Robert Louis Stevenson
Youth Pleasure, Ten Toes, Joyful Life, Youth, Joy, Life
Robert Louis Stevenson Youth Pleasure, Ten Toes, Joyful Life, Youth, Joy, Life“There is a romance about all those who are abroad in the black hours.” Robert Louis Stevenson
Black Hours, Night Romance, Reflection, Adventure, Mystery, Solitude
Robert Louis Stevenson Black Hours, Night Romance, Reflection, Adventure, Mystery, Solitude“Every man is his own doctor of divinity, in the last resort.” Robert Louis Stevenson
Faith Independence, Spiritual Self, Divine Doctor, Faith, Independence, Belief
Robert Louis Stevenson Faith Independence, Spiritual Self, Divine Doctor, Faith, Independence, Belief“Hope looks for unqualified success; but Faith counts certainly on failure, and takes honorable defeat to be a form of victory.” Robert Louis Stevenson
Hope, Faith, Success, Failure, Personal Growth, Resilience
Robert Louis Stevenson Hope, Faith, Success, Failure, Personal Growth, Resilience“He was wild when he was young; a long while ago to be sure; but in the law of God, there is no statute of limitations.” Robert Louis Stevenson
Youthful Wildness, Divine Law, Eternal Justice, Reflection, Time, Accountability
Robert Louis Stevenson Youthful Wildness, Divine Law, Eternal Justice, Reflection, Time, Accountability“A hanging in a good quarrel is an easy death they say, though I could never hear of any that came back to say so.” Robert Louis Stevenson
Death Humor, Mortal Struggles, Dark Humor, Death, Life, Conflict
Robert Louis Stevenson Death Humor, Mortal Struggles, Dark Humor, Death, Life, Conflict“Though so profound a double-dealer, I was in no sense a hypocrite; both sides of me were in dead earnest; I was no more myself when I laid aside restraint and plunged in shame, than when I laboured, in the eye of day, at the furtherance of knowledge or the relief of sorrow and suffering. And.” Robert Louis Stevenson
Dual Nature, Moral Struggle, Self Conflict, Hypocrisy, Identity, Integrity
Robert Louis Stevenson Dual Nature, Moral Struggle, Self Conflict, Hypocrisy, Identity, Integrity“It is always a bad sign when the lower classes laugh: their taste in humour is both poor and sinister.” Robert Louis Stevenson
Bad Sign, Poor Humour, Sinister Laughter, Humor, Society, Judgment
Robert Louis Stevenson Bad Sign, Poor Humour, Sinister Laughter, Humor, Society, Judgment“I have done my fiddling so long under Vesuvius that I have almost forgotten to play, and can only wait for the eruption and think it long of coming. Literally no man has more wholly outlived life than I. And still it’s good fun.” Robert Louis Stevenson
Eruption Waiting, Outlived Life, Fiddling Fun, Patience, Life, Humor
Robert Louis Stevenson Eruption Waiting, Outlived Life, Fiddling Fun, Patience, Life, Humor“And this shall be for music when no one else is near, The fine song for singing, the rare song to hear! That only I remember, that only you admire, Of the broad road that stretches and the roadside fire.” Robert Louis Stevenson
Rare Song, Music Memory, Roadside Fire, Music, Memory, Song
Robert Louis Stevenson Rare Song, Music Memory, Roadside Fire, Music, Memory, Song“Nobody speaks of a beautiful view for 5 minutes.” Robert Louis Stevenson
Fleeting Beauty, Ephemeral Views, Perception, Nature, Silence, Reflection
Robert Louis Stevenson Fleeting Beauty, Ephemeral Views, Perception, Nature, Silence, Reflection“A happy man or woman is a better thing to find than a five-pound note. He or she is a radiating focus of goodwill; and their entrance into a room is as though another candle had been lighted.” Robert Louis Stevenson
Happiness Value, Radiating Goodwill, Joyful Presence, Fulfillment, Positivity, Generosity
Robert Louis Stevenson Happiness Value, Radiating Goodwill, Joyful Presence, Fulfillment, Positivity, Generosity“We do not go to cowards for tender dealing; there is nothing so cruel as panic; the man who has least fear for his own carcase, has most time to consider others.” Robert Louis Stevenson
Cruel Panic, Fearless Time, Tender Cowards, Courage, Fear, Panic
Robert Louis Stevenson Cruel Panic, Fearless Time, Tender Cowards, Courage, Fear, Panic“Sometimes the isle was thick with savages, with whom we fought, sometimes full of dangerous animals that hunted us, but in all my fancies nothing occurred to me so strange as our actual adventures.” Robert Louis Stevenson
Adventure, Survival, Danger, Island Life, Unknown Threats, Personal Experiences
Robert Louis Stevenson Adventure, Survival, Danger, Island Life, Unknown Threats, Personal Experiences“The habit of being happy enables one to be freed, or largely freed, from the domination of outward conditions.” Robert Louis Stevenson
Happiness Habit, Personal Freedom, Emotional Control, Self-determination, Mindset, Positivity
Robert Louis Stevenson Happiness Habit, Personal Freedom, Emotional Control, Self-determination, Mindset, Positivity“Mr. Utterson the lawyer was a man of a rugged countenance that was never lighted by a smile; cold, scanty and embarrassed in discourse; backward in sentiment; lean, long, dusty, dreary and yet somehow lovable.” Robert Louis Stevenson
Character Description, Complex Personality, Lovable Ruggedness, Character, Personality, Lovable
Robert Louis Stevenson Character Description, Complex Personality, Lovable Ruggedness, Character, Personality, Lovable