Meandering here, there and all around . . .

Today is the birthday of Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson (November 13, 1850 – December 3, 1894), novelist, poet, essayist and travel writer. He is best known as the author of Treasure Island, Kidnapped, and the Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.

"To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is the only end of life."
- Robert Louis Stevenson

"There is no duty we so much underrate as the duty of being happy. By being happy we sow anonymous benefits upon the world."
- Robert Louis Stevenson

"Judge each day not by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant."
- Robert Louis Stevenson

"Absences are a good influence in love and keep it bright and delicate."
- Robert Louis Stevenson

"To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive."
- Robert Louis Stevenson

"A friend is a gift you give yourself."
- Robert Louis Stevenson

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