My mother was good at reading books, making cinnamon biscuits, and coloring in a coloring book. Also she was a good eater of popcorn and knitter of sweaters with my initials right in them. She could sit really still. She… — Haven Kimmel Copy Share Image
On the wall next to the table, next to the scones that provided each table with its own circle of lamplight were quotations about reading, her favorite of which was from Kafka: 'A book must be the axe for the… — 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
