“ And then there were men who were violently afraid of losing to a woman, the scariest men in the world. They become dictators, heads of state, bureaucrats, men with deadly weapons, they were everywhere… Haven Kimmel
“ One chance--that's what she had seen she had--one flying leap that was really composed of eight thousand separate possibilities for falling, and she had taken that chance and come this far and been fo… Haven Kimmel
“ 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… Haven Kimmel
“ I later discovered that in order to be a good athlete one must care intensely what is happening with a ball, even if one doesn't have possession of it. This was ultimately my failure: my inability to… Haven Kimmel
“ Ordinarily my mom just sunk deeper into her corner of the couch and ignored it. She had succesfully ignored a quarter of a century of entropy and decay, had sat peacefully crunching popcorn and drinki… Haven Kimmel
“ I was born an outcast in an ancient and subtle way; I was conceived out of some grief or darkness and would be made to pay a price for it. Haven Kimmel
“ But you can't ever live in the place you dream about, the town you long for. ...the moment you become conscious of your desire, and then fulfill it, it evaporates. Haven Kimmel
“ I respect every way in which you are a troublemaker, now get up and do what your mother says. 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
“ Never would. In short, he was what it meant to be a father and a man in 1971. Up against his power I could see none of his failings. Haven Kimmel
“ 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
“ I once heard her tell a friend that she was, in fact, a 120-pound woman, but she kept herself wrapped in fat in order to prevent bruising. Haven Kimmel
“ 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 get her hands on some treasure. Haven Kimmel
“ He said almost nothing, and ground his teeth against his desire to tell them the truth: God is helpless. We are at the mercy of our own radical freedom, and all God can do is take into God's self the… Haven Kimmel
“ There are people in this world so perfect that the fact of them feels like a personal gift, Haven Kimmel
“ She had taken her vows and then they had taken her, and the forces amassed against her were greater than love, greater than obligation. They were elemental, heavy as a dead planet. Haven Kimmel
