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

My hair looks like it had been purchased at a rummage sale after all the real hair was gone.

- 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…

- 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…

- 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…

- 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.

- Haven Kimmel

Decoupage hit Mooreland pretty hard.

- 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…

- Haven Kimmel