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> [Youth -- nothing else worth having in the world...and I had youth, the transitory, the fugitive, now, completely and abundantly. Yet what was I going to do with it? Certainly not squander its gold on the commonplace quest for riches…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-halliburton/youth-nothing-else-worth-having-in-the-world-and-i-had-youth-the/)

[Richard Halliburton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-halliburton/)

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> [Let those who wish have their respectability- I wanted freedom, freedom to indulge in whatever caprice struck my fancy, freedom to search in the farthermost corners of the earth for the beautiful, the joyous, and the romantic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-halliburton/let-those-who-wish-have-their-respectability-i-wanted-freedom-freedom/)

[Richard Halliburton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-halliburton/)

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## More by Richard Halliburton

> [Youth -- nothing else worth having in the world...and I had youth, the transitory, the fugitive, now, completely and abundantly. Yet what was I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-halliburton/youth-nothing-else-worth-having-in-the-world-and-i-had-youth-the/)

[Richard Halliburton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-halliburton/)

> [The Vagabond life is the logical life to lead if one seeks the intimate knowledge of the world we were seeking.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-halliburton/the-vagabond-life-is-the-logical-life-to-lead-if-one-seeks-the/)

[Richard Halliburton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-halliburton/)

> [We are born strangers in a strange land, and remain so. Travel simply reminds us of this essential truth. The transmission of a powerful…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-halliburton/we-are-born-strangers-in-a-strange-land-and-remain-so-travel-simply/)

[Richard Halliburton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-halliburton/)

> [Let those who wish have their respectability- I wanted freedom, freedom to indulge in whatever caprice struck my fancy, freedom to search in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-halliburton/let-those-who-wish-have-their-respectability-i-wanted-freedom-freedom/)

[Richard Halliburton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-halliburton/)

> [No, there's going to be no even tenor with me. The more uneven it is the happier I shall be. And when my time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-halliburton/no-there-s-going-to-be-no-even-tenor-with-me-the-more-uneven-it-is/)

[Richard Halliburton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-halliburton/)

> [“No, there's going to be no even tenor with me. The more uneven it is the happier I shall be. And when my time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-halliburton/no-there-s-going-to-be-no-even-tenor-with-me-the-more-uneven-it-is-2/)

[Richard Halliburton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-halliburton/)

> [Just about a month from now I'm set adrift, with a diploma for a sail and lots of nerve for oars.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-halliburton/just-about-a-month-from-now-i-m-set-adrift-with-a-diploma-for-a-sail/)

[Richard Halliburton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-halliburton/)

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