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 bread by cities... it is enough that I am surrounded by beauty.

~ Everett Ruess

Everett Ruess Beauty Nature Solitude

I'll never stop wandering. And when the time comes to die, I'll find the wildest, loneliest, most desolate spot there is.

~ Everett Ruess

Everett Ruess Death Inspirational Solitude Wanderer