---
title: "2 Jeanine Cummins Quotes - Famous Novelist"
description: "American author... | Jeanine Cummins is an American author of Irish and Puerto Rican heritage. She has written five books: a memoir titled A Rip in Heav..."
image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cac/jeanine-cummins-106309_quote_it-was-like-a-vault-this-house-but-still_1202170.jpg"
---

# Jeanine Cummins

(1974)   Novelist

 **2** quotes in **10** categories

Rate this collection:  ★ ★ ★ ★ ★   No ratings yet

Jeanine Cummins is a novelist.

## Quick Facts About Jeanine Cummins

Born December 6, 1974

Profession Novelist

## About Jeanine Cummins

American author... \| Jeanine Cummins is an American author of Irish and Puerto Rican heritage. She has written five books: a memoir titled A Rip in Heaven and four novels, The Outside Boy, The Crooked Branch, American Dirt, and Speak to Me of Home. American Dirt was a notable success, selling over 3 million copies in 37

##  Quotes by Jeanine Cummins

> [“It was like a vault , this house, but still you got the impression it could, with a great deal of effort,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeanine-cummins/it-was-like-a-vault-this-house-but-still-you-got-the-impression-it/)

[Jeanine Cummins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeanine-cummins/)

[Crushing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/crushing/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cac/jeanine-cummins-106309_quote_it-was-like-a-vault-this-house-but-still_1202170.jpg)

> [“and it seemed to me that we was like seafarers, and the tober was the ocean. We was passing the landlubbers by.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeanine-cummins/and-it-seemed-to-me-that-we-was-like-seafarers-and-the-tober-was-the/)

[Jeanine Cummins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeanine-cummins/)

[High Tide](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/high-tide-1413501/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23d/jeanine-cummins-106309_quote_and-it-seemed-to-me-that-we-was-like-sea_1260535.jpg)

```json
{
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@graph": [
        {
            "@type": "ItemList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeanine-cummins/#itemlist",
            "name": "Jeanine Cummins Quotes",
            "numberOfItems": 2,
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "“It was like a vault , this house, but still you got the impression it could, with a great deal of effort, and only if you made it very angry, lift itself off its manicured haunches and chase after you at a terrible pace. That it could overtake you and chase after you at a terrible pace. That it could overtake you and pin you down by the shirttail, and then it could carefully lower itself right back down, all the vast weight of its ancient rock-heaps and stones bearing down on top of you, crushing you”",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Jeanine Cummins"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeanine-cummins/it-was-like-a-vault-this-house-but-still-you-got-the-impression-it/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cac/jeanine-cummins-106309_quote_it-was-like-a-vault-this-house-but-still_1202170.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cac/jeanine-cummins-106309_quote_it-was-like-a-vault-this-house-but-still_1202170.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cac/jeanine-cummins-106309_quote_it-was-like-a-vault-this-house-but-still_1202170.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“It was like a vault , this house, but still you got the impression it could, with a great deal of effort…” — Jeanine Cummins",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "“and it seemed to me that we was like seafarers, and the tober was the ocean. We was passing the landlubbers by. We gawped at each other, us from our ships, and them from their shores, but the gap between us was so big we couldn’t cross it. It was high tide or low tide, or whatever tide would prevent us from dropping anchor and rowing out to them, to exchange gifts and brides, gods and diseases”",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Jeanine Cummins"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeanine-cummins/and-it-seemed-to-me-that-we-was-like-seafarers-and-the-tober-was-the/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23d/jeanine-cummins-106309_quote_and-it-seemed-to-me-that-we-was-like-sea_1260535.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23d/jeanine-cummins-106309_quote_and-it-seemed-to-me-that-we-was-like-sea_1260535.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23d/jeanine-cummins-106309_quote_and-it-seemed-to-me-that-we-was-like-sea_1260535.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“and it seemed to me that we was like seafarers, and the tober was the ocean. We was passing the landlubbers…” — Jeanine Cummins",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "Person",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeanine-cummins/#person",
            "name": "Jeanine Cummins",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeanine-cummins/",
            "description": "American author... | Jeanine Cummins is an American author of Irish and Puerto Rican heritage. She has written five books: a memoir titled A Rip in Heaven and four novels, The Outside Boy, The Crooked Branch, American Dirt, and Speak to Me of Home. American Dirt was a notable success, selling over 3 million copies in 37"
        },
        {
            "@type": "ProfilePage",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeanine-cummins/#webpage",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeanine-cummins/",
            "name": "Jeanine Cummins",
            "isPartOf": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website"
            },
            "mainEntity": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeanine-cummins/#person"
            },
            "primaryImageOfPage": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cac/jeanine-cummins-106309_quote_it-was-like-a-vault-this-house-but-still_1202170.jpg"
            },
            "description": "American author... | Jeanine Cummins is an American author of Irish and Puerto Rican heritage. She has written five books: a memoir titled A Rip in Heav...",
            "breadcrumb": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeanine-cummins/#breadcrumb"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "BreadcrumbList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeanine-cummins/#breadcrumb",
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "name": "Home",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "name": "Quotes",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 3,
                    "name": "Authors",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/authors/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 4,
                    "name": "Jeanine Cummins",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeanine-cummins/"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "WebSite",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "publisher": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "Organization",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "logo": {
                "@type": "ImageObject",
                "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png",
                "width": 512,
                "height": 512
            }
        }
    ]
}
```