"Everything I had ever struggled to learn I found I had already survived. I had achieved my purpose--everything I had set out in life to do, I had accomplished. I had wanted to know how it felt to be a hobo, a radical, a prostitute, a thief, a reformer, a social worker and a revolutionist. Now I knew. I shuddered. Yes, it was all worthwhile to me. There were no tragedies in my life. Yes, my prayers had been answered.
~Boxcar Bertha, Sister of The Road: The Autobiography of Boxcar Bertha - as told to Dr. Ben Reitman