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.


All Over but the Shoutin' (ed. Vintage, 2010) - ISBN: 9780307762917

Rick Bragg Quotes

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...

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...

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...

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...