He also wrote for the Daily News (later the News Chronicle) and was its literary editor from 1912 to 1947. Robert Lynd settled in Hampstead, in Keats Grove next to John Keats' house. During writing, he used the pseudonym Y.Y. (Ys, or wise). Robert Lynd wrote for The Republic during its early days. Lynd's weekly essay, ran from 1913 to 1945 and was 'irreplaceable'.
Robert Lynd was a fluent Irish speaker and a member of the Gaelic League. He was a Sinn Féin activist and used the name Robiard Ó Flionn/Roibeard Ua Flionn.
He married writer Sylvia Dryhurst, in 1909. He met her at Gaelic League meetings in London. Lynd died in 1949 and his body is buried in Belfast City Cemetery. Robert lynd has many famous quotes. Among them , the most famous are his Christmas quotes. They are:
“There are some people who want to throw their arms round you simply because it is Christmas; there are other people who want to strangle you simply because it is Christmas.”
“Were I a philosopher, I should write a philosophy of toys, showing that nothing else in life need to be taken seriously, and that Christmas Day in the company of children is one of the few occasions on which men become entirely alive.”
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