“It was an Indian summer afternoon in Indiana, a rare gift. We walked home slowly. I thought Mom might be wrong about me having all I needed, but just at that moment, I had no need to complain.” — Haven Kimmel Copy Share Image
“I couldn't for the life of me figure out how long a person had to live, or how good she had to be, to… — Haven Kimmel Copy Share Image
On Jesus: "Everyone around me was flat-out in love with him, and who wouldn't be? He was good with animals, he loved his mother,… — Haven Kimmel Copy Share Image
“...every beautiful and strange event made more poignant for having been photographed.” — Haven Kimmel Copy Share Image
Ordinarily my mom just sunk deeper into her corner of the couch and ignored it. She had succesfully ignored a quarter of a century… — Haven Kimmel Copy Share Image
My hair looks like it had been purchased at a rummage sale after all the real hair was gone. — Haven Kimmel Copy Share Image
I honestly believe that people who never have children or never love a child are doomed to a sort of foolishness because it cant… — Haven Kimmel Copy Share Image
“Mooreland is a long way to go to not to be anywhere when you get there.” — Haven Kimmel Copy Share Image
My mother was good at reading books, making cinnamon biscuits, and coloring in a coloring book. Also she was a good eater of popcorn… — Haven Kimmel Copy Share Image
“. . .Since we were only going to the best place on the Earth, where every single minute of every day was different and… — Haven Kimmel Copy Share Image
But I think that what you'll discover more and more as you get older is that most people aren't thinking about you at all. — Haven Kimmel Copy Share Image
I respect every way in which you are a troublemaker, now get up and do what your mother says. — Haven Kimmel Copy Share Image
“How is it possible, she thought, that a person can drive a thinking, feeling, animal to slaughter and not become less than an animal… — Haven Kimmel Copy Share Image
“He sang like an angel, he was faithful to God and he waited honorably for the wife he believed God chose for him. He… — Haven Kimmel Copy Share Image
