“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 shall sing my song above the shriek of desert winds.” LongSongSeaWindMountainBraveDesertWildernessCreepsSwaggerMountain Peaks Author: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; Lonely and wet and cold, but that I kept my dream!” DreamLostSunStrangeColdDiseaseLonelySickDesertWetBurnedWearyThirstyBlinded Author:Everett Ruess