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> [“How does a hardworking sixty-four-year-old-woman end up without a house or a permanent place to stay, relying on unpredictable low-wage work to survive? Living in a mile-high alpine wilderness, with intermittent snow and maybe mountain lions in a tiny trailer,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-bruder/how-does-a-hardworking-sixty-four-year-old-woman-end-up-without-a/)

[Jessica Bruder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-bruder/)

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## More by Jessica Bruder

> [“But for them—as for anyone—survival isn’t enough. So what began as a last-ditch effort has become a battle cry for something greater. Being human…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-bruder/but-for-them-as-for-anyone-survival-isn-t-enough-so-what-began-as-a/)

[Jessica Bruder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-bruder/)

> [“THERE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN ITINERANTS, drifters, hobos, restless souls. But now, in the second millennium, a new kind of wandering tribe is emerging. People…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-bruder/there-have-always-been-itinerants-drifters-hobos-restless-souls-but/)

[Jessica Bruder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-bruder/)

> [“AT THE SAME TIME Empire was dying, a new and very different kind of company town was thriving seventy miles to the south. In…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-bruder/at-the-same-time-empire-was-dying-a-new-and-very-different-kind-of/)

[Jessica Bruder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-bruder/)

> [“A deepening class divide makes social mobility all but impossible. The result is a de facto caste system. This is not only morally wrong…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-bruder/a-deepening-class-divide-makes-social-mobility-all-but-impossible-the/)

[Jessica Bruder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-bruder/)

> [“How does a hardworking sixty-four-year-old-woman end up without a house or a permanent place to stay, relying on unpredictable low-wage work to survive? Living…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-bruder/how-does-a-hardworking-sixty-four-year-old-woman-end-up-without-a/)

[Jessica Bruder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-bruder/)

> [“It’s estimated that more than forty thousand RVers dwell in the desert near Quartzsite from December through February. Bill Alexander has watched them come…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-bruder/it-s-estimated-that-more-than-forty-thousand-rvers-dwell-in-the/)

[Jessica Bruder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-bruder/)

> [“The last free place in America is a parking spot.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-bruder/the-last-free-place-in-america-is-a-parking-spot/)

[Jessica Bruder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-bruder/)

> [“Being human means yearning for more than subsistence. As much as food or shelter, we require hope.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-bruder/being-human-means-yearning-for-more-than-subsistence-as-much-as-food/)

[Jessica Bruder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-bruder/)

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