“Corruption never has been compulsory; when the cities lie at the monster’s feet there are left the mountains.”

“Humanity is the mold to break away from, the crust to break through, the coal to break into fire, / …”

— Robinson Jeffers, "Roan Stallion" (1925)

“Hurt Hawks cannot be mended: the wild God has turned / His back on them.”

— Robinson Jeffers, "Hurt Hawks" (1928)

“I believe that the universe is one being, all its parts are different expressions of the same …”

— Robinson Jeffers, Letter to Sister Mary James Power, 1 Oct 1934, collected in The Wild God of the World: An Anthology of Robinson Jeffers

“Integrity is wholeness, the greatest beauty is / Organic wholeness, the wholeness of life and …”

— Robinson Jeffers, "The Answer"

“Long live freedom and damn the ideologies.”

— Robinson Jeffers, "The Stars Go Over the Lonely Ocean" (1940)

“The beauty of things was born before eyes and sufficient to itself; the heart-breaking beauty / Will …”

— Robinson Jeffers, "Credo" (1926)