Jean Zimmerman > Quotes

“Indigenous foods die when no one learns to cook them.”
― Jean Zimmerman, Made from Scratch: Reclaiming the Pleasures of the American Hearth

“On the same day, two murders.”
― Jean Zimmerman, The Orphanmaster

“Drummond appreciated his guest's initial silence, his respect for the ancient, sacred act of imbibing. Drink first, talk later.”
― Jean Zimmerman, The Orphanmaster

“The lies one tells always pale in comparison to the truths one withholds.”
― Jean Zimmerman, Savage Girl

“Guns are like thermometers, only instead of measuring body temperatures they measure our fear.”
― Jean Zimmerman, Savage Girl

“At times such as these, evenings in the forest, loneliness seized her like a black dog. She kept telling herself it was pure weakness, that she had to be strong to stay alive in this world. Her orphanhood hung about her like a cloak.

You shall not feel sorry for yourself, she commanded, and then disobeyed... beneath the surface veneer of stubborn independence, she needed desperately to belong to somebody.”
― Jean Zimmerman, The Orphanmaster

“Men's truths rather too neatly fit their convenience, have you ever noticed that?”
― Jean Zimmerman, Savage Girl

“Scratch an Irishman and he'll bleed a story.”
― Jean Zimmerman

“I feel as though I have gotten ahead of myself somewhat. All stories are about family, even those that pretend not to be. So I should tell you about mine.”
― Jean Zimmerman, Savage Girl

“Pretty as a painting, but thorny as a rose.”
― Jean Zimmerman, The Orphanmaster