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“I did a 2 hour drive in a rental car to buy my new car from a larger city where it was significantly cheaper. After a house, the car is generally the next biggest purchase. The drive can save you thousands!”

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“I don't know why he isn't dead, maybe he's lucky. Certainly his physical self is dead. Before the streets, drugs, IV use, and hustling -medically - his body is not right. [...] So there is some will to live in him, to pass on his knowledge and good nature. It's a mystery. Dave is an inspiration to people. He is society's throw-away.”

Homelessness Raised By Wolves Homeless Youth Tweeky Dave Jim Goldberg

Book:Raised by Wolves

Source: Raised by Wolves

“I mean, they say they've gotta change the street kids' lives. Well, that's true. But you can't take somebody from point A to point Z overnight. You can't make me a fucking suburban teenager now, after what's gone down. It'll never happen.”

Homelessness Raised By Wolves Homeless Youth Tweeky Dave Jim Goldberg

Book:Raised by Wolves

Source: Raised by Wolves

“Quit looking for an answer, Jim. There fuckin' ain't one. Fuck yeah, I'm still looking for God's telephone number.”

Homelessness Raised By Wolves Homeless Youth Tweeky Dave Jim Goldberg

Book:Raised by Wolves

Source: Raised by Wolves

“Dave: ''Will you ever be happy Echo?'' Echo: ''I don’t know I haven’t tried it yet.'' Dave: ''Let’s give it a shot together.'' Echo: ''Let’s spread fire instead.”

Video Homelessness Raised By Wolves Homeless Youth Tweeky Dave Jim Goldberg Echo And Dave

Book:Raised by Wolves

Source: Raised by Wolves

“I am developing new coping mechanisms for lost words and lost negatives, as here for instance: compensate by describing the episode instead. When something is lost, redirect energy, follow the derivé, the chance and flow of what life tosses us, and make something new instead. Remember that I'm often struck by certain passages of descriptive writing, writing that is not about driving home a point but about providing detail, background, setting the scene (it's tempting to call this the stadium of writing). It has a "something from nothing" quality: a pleasurable experience has been had, and no one has paid a price. Remember that writing does not have to be torture (107).”

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Book:Long Life Cool White: Photographs and Essays

Source: Long Life Cool White: Photographs and Essays

“I show Dave the dummy for my book. He reads every bit of writing, looks at every picture, and asks no questions. When he's done, he wipes his hands on the book.”

Homelessness Homeless Youth Tweeky Dave

Book:Raised by Wolves

Source: Raised by Wolves

“The quartz rocks stared at her as if they, too, wanted to go wherever she was headed. Once she was dressed she pulled the smallest one off the shelf and let it hitch a ride in her in her pocket, for luck.”

Luck Quartz

Author:Jodi Lynn Anderson

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