...she waited until she and my grandfather Anthel were just home from their honeymoon, and then sat him down and told him this: "Honey, I know you like to take a drink, and that's all right, but be forewarned that I ain't your maid and I ain't your punching bag, and if you ever raise your hand to me you'd best kill me. Because otherwise I'll wait until you're asleep; sew you into the bed; and beat you to death with a frying pan." Until he died, I am told, my grandfather was a gentle man.
They did a lot of cleaning in their house, which I considered to be a sign of immoral parenting. The job of parents, as I saw it, was to watch televi… - Haven Kimmel
They did a lot of cleaning in their house, which I considered to be a sign of immoral parenting. The job of parents, as I saw it, was to watch televi…
- Haven Kimmel
Mother always said she was a size 7 woman she kept wrapped in fat to prevent bruising. - Haven Kimmel
Mother always said she was a size 7 woman she kept wrapped in fat to prevent bruising.
My hair looks like it had been purchased at a rummage sale after all the real hair was gone. - Haven Kimmel
My hair looks like it had been purchased at a rummage sale after all the real hair was gone.
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, and he wasn't afraid… - Haven Kimmel
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, and he wasn't afraid…
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 favori… - Haven Kimmel
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 favori…
Possibility, infinity, beauty -- none of those words were right. [...] What he really wanted to say was: have you felt this? this phantom life streak… - Haven Kimmel
Possibility, infinity, beauty -- none of those words were right. [...] What he really wanted to say was: have you felt this? this phantom life streak…
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
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.
Decoupage hit Mooreland pretty hard. - Haven Kimmel
Decoupage hit Mooreland pretty hard.
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 s… - Haven Kimmel
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 s…
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