I forgot, I really wanted to include this brilliant excerpt from the book... (it's a conversation between LeAlan and Lloyd. They are reflecting...)
LeAlan: ... I've been thinking about this: Why are we dependent on other folks to take care of us? Why can't we be independent instead of dependent? I know I couldn't sit around all month waiting for a check. I mean, if you're a grown, able-bodied adult you should be working. So I think of that--but then I think of these little shorties when welfare gets cut off...
Lloyd: And all the mothers who have little children. It ain't right.
LeAlan: But think of this: If I was hungry, would you feed me a fish?
Lloyd: yeah...
LeAlan: Or would you teach me how to fish so I wouldn't be hungry anymore?
Lloyd: I'd teach you how to fish.
LeAlan: Right. Because if I'm used to you giving me this fish, when you're gone I can't eat.
Lloyd: But you can't just let people starve....
LeAlan: True. So I'd feed them that first day, but then teach them so they could do it for themselves.
So powerful.
-Alex Keenan
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