Weir of Hermiston Quotes

“he belonged to that class of men who think a weak head the ornament of women—an opinion invariably punished in this life. ”
― Robert Louis Stevenson, Weir of Hermiston

“Everything appears so brief, and fragile, and exquisite, that I am afraid to touch life. We are here for so short a time; and all the old people before us ... where are they now? It’s deadly commonplace, but, after all, the commonplaces are the great poetic truths.”
― Robert Louis Stevenson, Weir of Hermiston

“My kingdom is not of this world. Either I’m a poet or else I’m nothing.”
― Robert Louis Stevenson, Weir of Hermiston