I have always been unsatisfied with life as most people live it. Always I want to live more intensely and richly. why muck and conceal one's true longings and loves, when by speaking of them one might find someone to understand them, and by acting on them one might discover oneself?
I have not tired of the wilderness; rather I enjoy its beauty and the vagrant life I lead, more keenly all the time. I prefer the saddle to the stree… - Everett Ruess
I have not tired of the wilderness; rather I enjoy its beauty and the vagrant life I lead, more keenly all the time. I prefer the saddle to the stree…
- Everett Ruess
Say that I starved; that I was lost and weary; That I was burned and blinded by the desert sun; Footsore, thirsty, sick with strange diseases; … - Everett Ruess
Say that I starved; that I was lost and weary; That I was burned and blinded by the desert sun; Footsore, thirsty, sick with strange diseases; …
But then, I am always being overwhelmed. I require it to sustain life. - Everett Ruess
But then, I am always being overwhelmed. I require it to sustain life.
I have seen almost more beauty than I can bear. - Everett Ruess
I have seen almost more beauty than I can bear.
I thought that there were two rules in life - never count the cost, and never do anything unless you can do it wholeheartedly. Now is the time to liv… - Everett Ruess
I thought that there were two rules in life - never count the cost, and never do anything unless you can do it wholeheartedly. Now is the time to liv…
I shall go on some last wilderness trip, to a place I have known and loved. I shall not return. - Everett Ruess
I shall go on some last wilderness trip, to a place I have known and loved. I shall not return.
I have been thinking more and more that I shall always be a lone wanderer of the wilderness. God, how the trail lures me. You cannot comprehend its r… - Everett Ruess
I have been thinking more and more that I shall always be a lone wanderer of the wilderness. God, how the trail lures me. You cannot comprehend its r…
Always I shall be one who loves the wilderness: Swaggers and softly creeps between the mountain peaks; I shall listen long to the sea's brave music;… - Everett Ruess
Always I shall be one who loves the wilderness: Swaggers and softly creeps between the mountain peaks; I shall listen long to the sea's brave music;…
I must pack my short lifer full of interesting events and creative activity. Philosophy and aesthetic contemplation are not enough. I intend to do ev… - Everett Ruess
I must pack my short lifer full of interesting events and creative activity. Philosophy and aesthetic contemplation are not enough. I intend to do ev…
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