“I wanna say somethin'. I've known since the train that we weren't...” – Charlie Anderson, Shenandoah ... Movie Quotes Database

I wanna say somethin'. I've known since the train that we weren't liable to find him. It was just a hair of a chance that we got Sam back. I knew that. Maybe I knew even before we left home, but somehow I just had to try! And if we don't try, we don't do. And if we don't do, why are we here on this earth?

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