“There's a race of men that don't fit in, A race that can't sit still;So they break the hearts of kith and kin, And they roam the world at will.They range the field and rove the flood, And they climb t...”

Robert W. Service

“I have no doubt at all the Devil grins,As seas of ink I spatter. Ye gods, forgive my "literary"sins --The other kind don't matter.”

Robert W. Service

“No man can be a failure if he thinks he's a success; If he thinks he is a winner, then he is.”

Robert W. Service

“Write verse, not poetry. The public wants verse. If you have a talent for poetry, then don't by any means mother it, but try your hand at verse.”

Robert W. Service

“The only society I like is rough and tough, and the tougher the better. There's where you get down to bedrock and meet human people.”

Robert W. Service