Robert W. Service

The Wanderlust has got me... by the belly-aching fire ↗

— Robert W. Service

#traveling #wanderlust #service

I have no doubts that the Devil grins, As seas of ink I spatter. Ye gods, forgive my “literary” sins – The other kind don’t matter. ↗

— Robert W. Service

#forgiveness

I like to think that when I fall, A rain-drop in Death's shoreless sea, This shelf of books along the wall, Beside my bed, will mourn for me. ↗

— Robert W. Service

#death

Even goats may have starlight in their eyes. ↗

— Robert W. Service

#dreams

Now a promise made is a debt unpaid and the trail has its own stern code. ↗

— Robert W. Service

#historical-fiction

I have some friends, some honest friends, and honest friends are few; My pipe of briar, my open fire, A book that's not too new. ↗

— Robert W. Service

#few #fire #friends #honest #i

Avoid extremes: be moderate In saving and in spending; An equable and easy gait Will win an easy ending. ↗

— Robert W. Service

#easy #ending #equable #extremes #gait

I have an intense dislike for artificial society. In France, one could lead a free life - to do what one wanted to do without interference or criticism from one's neighbors. ↗

— Robert W. Service

#could #criticism #dislike #france #free

It isn't the mountain ahead that wears you out; it's the grain of sand in your shoe. ↗

— Robert W. Service

#grain #grain of sand #mountain #out #sand

His life, though none too long, Was never dull: Of woman, wine and song Bill had his full. ↗

— Robert W. Service

#dull #full #had #his #life