Quotes from Jean Zimmerman

Indigenous foods die when no one learns to cook them.

On the same day, two murders.

Guns are like thermometers, only instead of measuring body temperatures they measure our fear.

The lies one tells always pale in comparison to the truths one withholds.

Drummond appreciated his guest's initial silence, his respect for the ancient, sacred act of imbibing. Drink first, talk later.

Men's truths rather too neatly fit their convenience, have you ever noticed that?

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.

Scratch an Irishman and he'll bleed a story.

Pretty as a painting, but thorny as a rose.

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.