“Many Wednesdays had come and gone in my sixty years. I don’t believe I particularly remembered any of them.” — Richard LeMieux Copy Share Image
“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… — Richard LeMieux Copy Share Image
“The homeless were my new family. They embraced me. They waved and smiled and treated me with dignity and respect. We may be the… — Richard LeMieux Copy Share Image
“In my seemingly endless months of sleeping on the streets, I knew of only one other person who had slept in a church by… — Richard LeMieux Copy Share Image
“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.… — Richard LeMieux Copy Share Image
“Many Wednesdays had come and gone in my sixty years. I don’t believe I particularly remembered any of them.” — Richard LeMieux Copy Share Image
“All of our wars were carried on the backs of the poor and the sons of the poor. The poor were the first to… — Richard LeMieux Copy Share Image
“As we left the death watch, it occurred to me that we were all homeless in some way. It seemed that we were all… — Richard LeMieux Copy Share Image
“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… — Richard LeMieux Copy Share Image
“C had spread a roadmap before me with many paths to choose from. I could go on a bitter journey to a place of… — Richard LeMieux Copy Share Image
“The National Coalition for Homeless Veterans conservatively estimates that one out of every three homeless men is a veteran.” — Richard LeMieux Copy Share Image
“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… — Richard LeMieux Copy Share Image
“Let us be dissatisfied as long as we have a wealth of creeds and poverty of deeds.” — Richard LeMieux Copy Share Image
