“The only thing poverty does is grind down your nerve endings to a point that you can work harder and stoop lower than most people are willing to. It chips away a person's dreams to the point that the hopelessness shows through, and the dreamer accepts that hard work and borrowed houses are all this life will ever be.” PeoplePersonsDoeHardShowsDreamHouseAcceptingPovertyWillingHard WorkHarderThis LifeNervesDreamerHopelessnessChipsGrindBorrowedWork HarderStoops Book:All Over but the Shoutin' Source: All Over but the Shoutin'
“I began reading Harper Lee's novel in the skimpy shade of a pine outside my grandmother's house, fat beagles pressing against me, begging for attention, ignored. At dark, I kept reading, first on the couch, a bologna sandwich in one hand, then in my bed, by the light of a 60-watt bulb hanging from the ceiling on an orange drop cord. When my mother came in from her job as a maid and unplugged my chandelier, I replayed the story in my head until it was crowded out by dreams. I woke the next morning, smelling biscuits, and reached for the book again.” FirstsBookStoriesDreamHandsLightJobsMotherReadingNextHouseDarkAttentionMorningNovelBedFatsGrandmotherShadeIgnoredOrangeMy GrandmotherSandwichesCouchesCrowdedCeilingsBeggingMaidsCordsBulbsBiscuitsHarperChandeliersBolognaBeagles Author:Rick Bragg
