67 Quotes by Liz Murray

Without a shared living situation to connect us, Daddy, Lisa, ad I spun out of one another’s orbits and made independent lives of our own that barely even touched. By the time I finished my first year of high school, the truth was, we barely knew one another.

When you take charge of your own narrative, it gives you a handle on it.

I thought, 'Let's make it a check list. What if I got my education even though I lost my mother, even though my dad is in a shelter?' and looking at these things as hurdles to go over. I could inspire myself.

I've learned in my life that you really don't know what's possible until you're already doing it.

I guess if there is a big spiritual experience in my life, it is me becoming a mother.

I was 17 and living on the streets. I had the education of technically an eighth-grader, but in reality, I had never had a formal education.

I think there is something to be said for what you can do when you don't know what you aren't supposed to be able to do.

People are surprised by the poverty and think that I wasn't cared for. But that wasn't the case - I was deeply loved.

I realized eventually that when I ran out of places to stay and found myself on the D train and in Central Park, I was actually homeless.