Robert Louis Stevenson Quote

Youth is the time to go flashing from one end of the world to the other to try the manners of different nations; to hear the chimes at midnight; to see the sunrise in town and country; to be converted at a revival; to circumnavigate the metaphysics, write halting verses, run a mile to see a fire, and wait all day long in the theatre to applaud Hernani.


The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, with Bibliographical Notes by Edmund Grosse (ed. 1906)


Youth is the time to go flashing from one end of the world to the other to try the manners of different nations; to hear the chimes at midnight; to...

Youth is the time to go flashing from one end of the world to the other to try the manners of different nations; to hear the chimes at midnight; to...

Youth is the time to go flashing from one end of the world to the other to try the manners of different nations; to hear the chimes at midnight; to...

Youth is the time to go flashing from one end of the world to the other to try the manners of different nations; to hear the chimes at midnight; to...