Stevenson Quotes

“High up overhead the snow settled among the tracery
of the cathedral towers. Many a niche was drifted full; many a statue
wore a long white bonnet on its grotesque or sainted head. The gargoyles
had been transformed into great false noses, drooping toward the point.
The crockets were like upright pillows swollen on one side. In the
intervals of the wind there was a dull sound dripping about the
precincts of the church.”
― Robert Louis Stevenson, A Lodging for the Night

“En estos tiempos en que todo el mundo está obligado, so pena de ser condenado en ausencia por un delito de lesa respetabilidad, a emprender alguna profesión lucrativa y a esforzarse en ella con bríos cercanos al entusiasmo, la defensa de la opinión opuesta por parte de los que se contentan con tener lo suficiente, y prefieren mantenerse al margen y disfrutar, tiene algo de bravata y fanfarronería.”
― Robert Louis Stevenson, An Apology for Idlers

“Characterizations are quick but precise; Stevenson's people are sketched but never caricatured. Mood is implied rather than belabored. The narrative is as chopped and lowered as a kid's hot rod.”
― Stephen King, Danse Macabre