“Fear, poverty, alcoholism, loneliness are terminal illnesses. Emergencies, in fact.” FearPovertyLonelinessIllnessEmergenciesAlcoholismTerminal Illness Book:A Manual for Cleaning Women: Selected Stories Source: A Manual for Cleaning Women: Selected Stories
“The bus is late. Cars drive by. Rich people n cars never look at people on the street, at all. Poor ones always do ... in fact it sometimes seems they're just driving around, looking at people on the street. I've done that. Poor people wait a lot. Welfare, unemployment lines, laundromats, phone booths, emergency rooms, jails, etc.” WaitingWealthPovertyObservationPoor PeopleRich PeopleWealthy People Book:A Manual for Cleaning Women: Selected Stories Source: A Manual for Cleaning Women: Selected Stories