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> [“As we left the death watch, it occurred to me that we were all homeless in some way. It seemed that we were all psychically frozen somewhere—the half-dead, the on-the-way-to-dead, the blessedly dead—and at that moment, I wasn’t sure which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-lemieux/as-we-left-the-death-watch-it-occurred-to-me-that-we-were-all/)

[Richard LeMieux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-lemieux/)

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## More by Richard LeMieux

> [“I was no different from millions of others—from the millions of teenagers on the street to the millions of aging heroes stored away like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-lemieux/i-was-no-different-from-millions-of-others-from-the-millions-of/)

[Richard LeMieux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-lemieux/)

> [“The homeless were my new family. They embraced me. They waved and smiled and treated me with dignity and respect. We may be the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-lemieux/the-homeless-were-my-new-family-they-embraced-me-they-waved-and/)

[Richard LeMieux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-lemieux/)

> [“In my seemingly endless months of sleeping on the streets, I knew of only one other person who had slept in a church by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-lemieux/in-my-seemingly-endless-months-of-sleeping-on-the-streets-i-knew-of/)

[Richard LeMieux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-lemieux/)

> [“And you know, unless people have been there—lost, alone, rejected, feeling worthless and unwanted—they just can’t know that numb feeling that drags you down.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-lemieux/and-you-know-unless-people-have-been-there-lost-alone-rejected/)

[Richard LeMieux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-lemieux/)

> [“Many Wednesdays had come and gone in my sixty years. I don’t believe I particularly remembered any of them.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-lemieux/many-wednesdays-had-come-and-gone-in-my-sixty-years-i-don-t-believe-i/)

[Richard LeMieux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-lemieux/)

> [“All of our wars were carried on the backs of the poor and the sons of the poor. The poor were the first to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-lemieux/all-of-our-wars-were-carried-on-the-backs-of-the-poor-and-the-sons-of/)

[Richard LeMieux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-lemieux/)

> [“As we left the death watch, it occurred to me that we were all homeless in some way. It seemed that we were all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-lemieux/as-we-left-the-death-watch-it-occurred-to-me-that-we-were-all/)

[Richard LeMieux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-lemieux/)

> [“The poor died first and last in World War I, World War II, and Korea, and fifty-eight thousand Americans died in Vietnam, many of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-lemieux/the-poor-died-first-and-last-in-world-war-i-world-war-ii-and-korea/)

[Richard LeMieux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-lemieux/)

> [“C had spread a roadmap before me with many paths to choose from. I could go on a bitter journey to a place of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-lemieux/c-had-spread-a-roadmap-before-me-with-many-paths-to-choose-from-i/)

[Richard LeMieux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-lemieux/)

> [“The National Coalition for Homeless Veterans conservatively estimates that one out of every three homeless men is a veteran.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-lemieux/the-national-coalition-for-homeless-veterans-conservatively-estimates/)

[Richard LeMieux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-lemieux/)

> [“There were no parades or parties or dancing in the streets like after World War II. No breast-beating pride or songs of victory. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-lemieux/there-were-no-parades-or-parties-or-dancing-in-the-streets-like-after/)

[Richard LeMieux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-lemieux/)

> [“Let us be dissatisfied as long as we have a wealth of creeds and poverty of deeds.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-lemieux/let-us-be-dissatisfied-as-long-as-we-have-a-wealth-of-creeds-and/)

[Richard LeMieux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-lemieux/)

> [“I had a reason and a passion to live. I had learned grace, found a new dignity—a real one, not based on what I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-lemieux/i-had-a-reason-and-a-passion-to-live-i-had-learned-grace-found-a-new/)

[Richard LeMieux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-lemieux/)

> [“You know, the big thing that sets the homeless apart is that they usually only commit crimes out of desperation,” C continued. “Those with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-lemieux/you-know-the-big-thing-that-sets-the-homeless-apart-is-that-they/)

[Richard LeMieux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-lemieux/)

> [“I couldn’t explain to my son what was happening to me—he had no frame of reference for my depression. I hardly understood it myself.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-lemieux/i-couldn-t-explain-to-my-son-what-was-happening-to-me-he-had-no-frame/)

[Richard LeMieux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-lemieux/)

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