Well, maybe like Casy says, a fella ain’t got a soul of his own, buy on’y a piece of a big one - an’ then -
Then what, Tom?
Then it don’ matter. Then I’ll be all aroun’ in the dark. I’ll be ever’where - wherever you look. Wherever they’s a fight so hungry people can eat, I’ll be there. Wherever they’s a cop beatin’ up a guy, I’ll be there. If Casy knowed, why, I’ll be in the way guys yell when they’re mad an’ - I’ll be in the way kids laugh when they’re hungry an’ they know supper’s ready. An’when our folks eat the stuff they raise an’live in the houses they build - why, I’ll be there.

[John Steinbeck - The Grapes of Wrath]