"I prefer the saddle to the streetcar and……" — Everett Ruess

I prefer the saddle to the streetcar and star-sprinkled sky to a… - Everett Ruess

"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 paved highway, and the deep peace of the wild to the discontent bred by cities. Do you blame me then for staying here, where I feel that I belong and am one with the world around me? It is true that I miss intelligent companionship, but there are so few with whom I can share the things that mean so much to me that I have learned to contain myself. It is enough that I am surrounded with beauty"

— Everett Ruess

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