I shall go on some last wilderness trip, to a place I have known and loved. I shall not return.

- 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

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 have seen almost more beauty than I can bear.

- Everett Ruess

But then, I am always being overwhelmed. I require it to sustain life.

- 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

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

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 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