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 street car and the star sprinkled sky to a roof, the obscure and difficult trail, leading into the unknown, to any paved highway, and the deep peace of the wild to the discontent bred by cities.
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…
- 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
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…
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 seen almost more beauty than I can bear. - Everett Ruess
I have seen almost more beauty than I can bear.
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.
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; …
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…
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…
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