“I got tired of seein' children roamin' the woodlands without food....” – Ben Harper, The Night of the Hunter ... Movie Quotes Database

[to Powell]

I got tired of seein' children roamin' the woodlands without food. Children roamin' the highways in this here Depression. Children sleepin' in old abandoned car bodies and junk heaps. And I promised myself I'd never see the day when my young-uns would want.

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