“I like to be perfectly open and sincere, and yet it is impossible to be sincere to all of one's self at once, so for the deepest understanding one must seek those with whom one can be most truly one's… — Everett Ruess Copy Share Image
I don't think I could ever settle down. I have known too much of the depths of life already, and I would prefer anything… — Everett Ruess Copy Share Image
I must pack my short lifer full of interesting events and creative activity. Philosophy and aesthetic contemplation are not enough. I intend to do… — Everett Ruess Copy Share Image
I thought that there were two rules in life - never count the cost, and never do anything unless you can do it wholeheartedly.… — Everett Ruess Copy Share Image
I have not tired of the wilderness; rather I enjoy its beauty and the vagrant life I lead, more keenly all the time. I… — Everett Ruess Copy Share Image
I have been in many beautiful places, and did not wish to taste, but to drink deep. — Everett Ruess Copy Share Image
“I like to be perfectly open and sincere, and yet it is impossible to be sincere to all of one's self at once, so… — Everett Ruess Copy Share Image
Happiness lies in a large measure of self-forgetfulness, either in work . . . or in the love of others. ♥ — Everett Ruess Copy Share Image
“I prefer the saddle to the streetcar and star-sprinkled sky to a roof, the obscure and difficult trail, leading into the unknown, to any… — Everett Ruess Copy Share Image
Say that I starved; that I was lost and weary; That I was burned and blinded by the desert sun; Footsore, thirsty, sick with… — Everett Ruess Copy Share Image
I prefer the saddle to the streetcar and star-sprinkled sky to a roof, the obscure and difficult trail, leading into the unknown, to any… — Everett Ruess Copy Share Image
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… — Everett Ruess Copy Share Image
