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“However, having grown up on a peasant's monotonous diet, and with only a half-formed suspicion that better things might exist, her imagination was limited to the dimension of quantity.”

Book:She Who Became the Sun

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“Messieurs, ce budget des abus que je viens de mettre sous vos yeux, cet argent que je viens de détailler, ces millions que je viens d'énumérer, ce monstrueux superflu des dépenses inutiles ou nuisibles, savez-vous ce que c'est ? C'est le nécessaire de plusieurs millions d'hommes ! C'est le sang des malheureux ! c'est le lit de ceux qui couchent sur la paille ! c'est le toit de ceux qui n'ont pas d'abri, c'est la chaussure de ceux qui vont pieds nus, c'est le vêtement de ceux qui sont en haillons, c'est l'air de ceux qui sont dans les caves, c'est le feu de ceux qui ont froid, c'est le pain de ceux qui ont faim, c'est la vie de ceux qui meurent !”

Poverty

Author:Victor Hugo

“Even poor people in America had refrigerators, not to mention running water, flush toilets, and twenty-four-hour electricity, amenities that even some of the middle class did not have back home. Why, then, did I feel poor?”

America Poor Poverty Poor People Americans

Book:The Sympathizer

Source: The Sympathizer

“People not only fall through the cracks, they live in the cracks as a full-time occupation. The view from the cracks is a lot clearer than the view from above. When you look down on people, they stop being people. But when you watch from below, you see how easy it is to fall.”

America Poverty Economy

Book:The View From Flyover Country: Essays by Sarah Kendzior

Source: The View From Flyover Country: Essays by Sarah Kendzior

“Another day is just a homelessness person's dream”

Philosophy Dream Poverty Sadness Anthony T Hincks Nightmare Homeless Homelessness Veitch Point Cook

Author:Anthony T. Hincks

“We tend to seek greatness in our thinking, thus excellence walk right past those solutions to our most pressing problems, those most relevant and most near. Like a man walking past a beggar, sure in his belief that he has no time. Vicinity of foundations are mighty important.”

Philosophy Social Poverty Environment Crime Health Suicide Pollution Priority Structures

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