Poor Relief

Famous quotes containing the words poor and/or relief:

“Alas! in winter, dead and dark,
Where can poor Robin go?”
—William Allingham (1824–1889)

“Mothers born on relief have their babies on relief. Nothingness, truly, seems to be the condition of these New York people.... They are nomads going from one rooming house to another, looking for a toilet that functions.”
—Elizabeth Hardwick (b. 1916)