Quotes about Homelessness

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Aren't we all homeless without a home inside our mind? — Munia Khan
One's sovereignty over the land is expressed most powerfully in the act of banishment. Perhaps the first eviction record — Matthew Desmond, Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
This capacity for living easily and familiarly at an extraordinary level of abstraction is the source of modern man's po — William Barrett, Irrational Man: A Study in Existential Philosophy
Home was never a dream for homeless people as they used to have their homes. Living in a home was their reality. Now we — Munia Khan
Street children are lovely blossoms just dropped from the tree after a heavy storm. Now they need to be put together wit — Munia Khan
Today's society is wanting in such a way that Honor, Integrity, Trust, Compassion, Empathy are left for the homeless and — Solange nicole
We used to talk and smile seven days ago when I was wearing a suit. Now I'm dressed in a beard and smell of dog shit I d — Craig Stone, The Squirrel that Dreamt of Madness
Join us. Play the game. It will bring you an untold number of rewards and you will finally have some direction and purpo — Martin Hopkins, Cracks in the Pavement
Nothing is ‘wrong’ with me, Dan. What’s wrong with you? she said in the same eerily quiet voice, dark eyes fixated on Da — Martin Hopkins, Cracks in the Pavement
The slick concrete reflected the facades of the work weary - grey, cracked and old,but more importantly, trodden upon. — Martin Hopkins, Cracks in the Pavement
It's not a homeless life for me,It's just that I'm home lessThan others like to be. — Akilnathan Logeswaran
I have learned that if you must leave a place that you have lived in and loved and where all your yesteryears are buried — Beryl Markham, West with the Night
I wasn't going to have enough money to pay for a Good Lifestyle, which meant I'd feel ashamed, which meant I'd get depre — Ned Vizzini, It's Kind of a Funny Story
One in two recently evicted mothers reports multiple symptoms of clinical depression, double the rate of similar mothers — Matthew Desmond, Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
Some days I am the flower beneath the machine. And the machine rolls slowly on, blocking the sun, without a care for wha — Craig Stone, The Squirrel that Dreamt of Madness
The Oscar-nominated documentary The Act of Killing tells the story of the gangster leaders who carried out anti-communis — Russell Brand
Our current contempt for poverty stems from information overload--this is the enabler---our over education as privileged — John Thomas Allen
To those who are struggling. To talk about a struggle, you're likely to forget about it. To be shown a struggle, you're — Valerie Owens, America Huh I'm Going Home
We are homeless enough in this world under the best of circumstances without going to any special effort to test our cap — Harold Edmund Stearns, The confessions of a Harvard man : the street I know revisited : a journey through literary Bohemia, Paris & New York in the 20s & 30s
I don't know. I got nothing. No house, no people, no place. Maybe that's troubles. Don't I say? — Alex La Guma, A Walk in the Night and Other Stories