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Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes about Joy

To miss the joy is to miss everything.

To miss the joy is to miss everything.

Robert Louis Stevenson (2015). “Collected Memoirs, Travel Sketches and Island Literature of Robert Louis Stevenson: Autobiographical Writings and Essays by the prolific Scottish novelist, poet and travel writer, author of Treasure Island, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Kidnapped & Catriona”, p.249, e-artnow

An aspiration is a joy forever, a possession as solid as a landed estate.

Robert Louis Stevenson (2014). “Memories, Portraits, Essays and Records (Annotated Edition)”, p.638, Jazzybee Verlag

We live in an ascending scale when we live happily, one thing leading to another in an endless series.

Robert Louis Stevenson (2014). “Memories, Portraits, Essays and Records (Annotated Edition)”, p.638, Jazzybee Verlag

And the true realism, always and everywhere, is that of the poets: to find out where joy resides, and give it a voice far beyond singing. For to miss the joy is to miss all.

Robert Louis Stevenson (2015). “Collected Memoirs, Travel Sketches and Island Literature of Robert Louis Stevenson: Autobiographical Writings and Essays by the prolific Scottish novelist, poet and travel writer, author of Treasure Island, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Kidnapped & Catriona”, p.249, e-artnow