I'd rather hop freights around the country and cook my food out of tin cans over wood fires, than be rich and have a home or work.

I looked up at the dark sky and prayed to God for a better break in life and a better chance to do something for the little people I loved.

all I wanted to do was sneak out into the night and disappear somewhere, and go and find out what everybody was doing all over the country.

It is possible for the human spirit to win after all.

The happiness consists in realizing that it is all a great strange dream.

They have worries, they're counting the miles, they're thinking about where to sleep tonight, how much money for gas, the weather, how they'll get there - and all the time they'll get there anyway, you see.

stick at it like a benni addict