1. Pigeons will always eat before you do.
2. The police torch is never looking for good news.
3. Newspapers keep you warm if you don’t read them first.
4. Names are lighter than blankets—you can carry them longer.
5. People love the idea of charity more than the work of it.
6. A queue for soup is also a queue for dignity.
7. Dreams cost nothing, but they don’t take you anywhere without shoes.
8. The sky gets heavier the longer you look up.
9. Every night has its own choir: rats, rain, & the sound of vending machines.
10. A locked door is more powerful than a politician.
11. Hunger would teach you prayer’s every synonym.
12. Some coins are warm because the giver wanted to keep them.
13. The cold doesn’t kill you all at once; it takes small bites.
14. The street remembers everyone who ever slept here.
15. Home is the place that would notice if you never came back.
Manual for Surviving Without a Door
