Poor White People

Famous quotes containing the words poor, white and/or people:

“And these poor nerves so wired to the skull
Ache on the lovelorn paper....”
—Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)

“I stand by your portal,
a white pillar,
luminous.”
—Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)

“People who treat other people as less than human must not be surprised when the bread they have cast on the waters comes floating back to them, poisoned.”
—James Baldwin (1924–1987)