"No sir. This is my first time."
    "The first time this week, you mean."
    "Oh, I been arrested in Michigan. I thought you meant in Illinois. I never been arrested in Illinois. I never did no wrong in Illinois."
    "What good does that do you?"
    "It don't. It's just that I love my state so much I go to Michigan to steal," he explained with an expression almost beatific."/>

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"     "You ever been arrested before?"
    "No sir. This is my first time."
    "The first time this week, you mean."
    "Oh, I been arrested in Michigan. I thought you meant in Illinois. I never been arrested in Illinois. I never did no wrong in Illinois."
    "What good does that do you?"
    "It don't. It's just that I love my state so much I go to Michigan to steal," he explained with an expression almost beatific. "

― Nelson Algren , The Neon Wilderness

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Nelson Algren quote :         "No sir. This is my first time."
    "The first time this week, you mean."
    "Oh, I been arrested in Michigan. I thought you meant in Illinois. I never been arrested in Illinois. I never did no wrong in Illinois."
    "What good does that do you?"
    "It don't. It's just that I love my state so much I go to Michigan to steal," he explained with an expression almost beatific." style="width:100%;margin:20px 0;"/>
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