I saw in their eyes something I was to see over and over in every part of the … - John Steinbeck

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A person who rejects Christ may choose to say that I do not accept it, he may not choose to say there is not enough evidence.

John Steinbeck

I saw in their eyes something I was to see over and over in every part of the nation- a burning desire to go, to move, to get under way, anyplace, away from any Here. They spoke quietly of how they wanted to go someday, to move about, free and unanchored, not toward something but away from something. I saw this look and heard this yearning everywhere in every states I visited. Nearly every American hungers to move.

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