Quotation from: The Valley of the Moon

Written by: Jack London

"I know already that the city will break my heart. Maybe the
country will, too, but just the same it's my only chance, don't
you see. It's that or nothing. Besides, our folks before us
were all of the country. It seems the more natural way. And
better, here I am, which proves that 'way down inside I must want
the country, must, as you call it, be peculiarly qualified for
the country, or else I wouldn't be here."