I knew at that moment I had to make a choice. I could submit to everything that was happening and live a life of excuses...or I could push myself. I could push myself and make my life good.
I’m smart. I know I can succeed. I just need a chance. A chance to climb out of this place I’ve born in. Everyone I know are angry and tired. They’re trying to survive. But I know that there is a world out there that is better, that’s better developed. And I want to live in it.
Chris: I don’t want to go to school. I don’t belong there and neither do you.
Liz Murray: Yes, I do.
Chris: You think they let people like us in to Harvard?
Lisa: I loved going to school so much. You never went to school. Why would they gave you a scholarship?
Liz Murray: Because I’m homeless and I’m doing really well on school.
Lisa: You’re not homeless, Liz. You could stay here.
Liz Murray: No, I couldn’t.