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1、Unit14HomelessAnnaQuindlen1HernamewasAnn,andwemetinthePortAuthorityBusTerminalseveralJanuarysago.Iwasdoingastoryonhomelesspeople.ShesaidIwaswastingmytimetalkingtoher;shewasjustpassingthrough,althoughshe’dbeenpassingthroughformorethantwoweeks.Toprovetom
2、ethatthiswastrue,sherummagedthroughatotebagandamanilaenvelopeandfinallyunfoldedasheetoftypingpaperandbroughtoutherphotographs.2Theywerenotpicturesoffamily,orfriends,orevenadogorcat,itseyesbrown-redintheflashbulb’slight.Theywerepicturesofahouse.Itwaslik
3、eathousandhousesinahundredtowns,notsuburb,notcity,butsomewhereinbetween,withaluminumsidingandachain-linkfence,anarrowdrivewayrunninguptoaone-cargarageandapatchofbackyard.Thehousewasyellow.Ilookedonthebackforadateoraname,butneitherwasthere.Therewasnonee
4、dfordiscussion.Iknewwhatshewastryingtotellme,foritwassomethingIhadoftenfelt.Shewasnotadrift,alone,anonymous,althoughherbagsandherraincoatwiththegrimeshadowingitscreaseshadmademebelieveshewas.Shehadahouse,oratleastonceuponatimehadhadone.Insidewerecurtai
5、ns,acouch,astove,potholders.Youarewhereyoulive.Shewassomebody.3I’veneverbeenverygoodatlookingatthebigpicture,takingtheglobalview,andI’vealwaysbeenapersonwithanoveractivesenseofplace,thelegacyofanIrishgrandfather.Soitisnaturalthatthethingthatseemsmostwr
6、ongwiththeworldtomerightnowisthattherearesomanypeoplewithnohomes.I’mnotsimplytalkingaboutshelterfromtheelements,orthreesquaremealsadayoramailingaddresstowhichthewelfarepeoplecansendthecheck—althoughIknowthatalltheseareimportantforsurvival.I’mtalkingabo
7、utahome,aboutpreciselythosekindsoffeelingsthathavewoundupincross-stitchandFrenchknotsonsamplersovertheyears.4Homeiswheretheheartis.There’snoplacelikeit.Ilovemyhomewithaferocitytotallyoutofproportiontoitsappearanceorlocation.Ilovedumbthingsabout:thehot-
8、waterheater,theplasticrackyoudraindishesin,theroofovermyhead,whichoccasionallyleaks.Andyetitispreciselythosedumbthingsthatmakeitwhatitis—aplaceofcertainty,stability,predictability,privacy,formeandformyfamily.ItiswhereIlive.Whatmorecanyo
