light burning inside them. It may be very diminished, in some, but this I tell you … it never, never goes out! So long as there is a breath of life remaining there is still hope … and that’s what we ragpickers count on. Just give us a chance and we can provide the fuel that will be ignited by any pilot light, no matter how diminished it may be. A human being, my friend, is an amazing and complex and resilient organism capable of resuscitating itself from its own living death, many times, if it is given the opportunity and shown the way.”
