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Himes

American  
[hahymz] / haɪmz /

noun

  1. Chester (Bomar) 1909–84, U.S. novelist.


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While discussing God, Ed would quote Michael Himes, “There is nothing we can do to make God not love us,” and the Trappist monk Thomas Merton, “Mercy, within Mercy, within Mercy.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

The five novels here, published between 1954 and 1964 as paperback originals, stand in the noir tradition of James M. Cain, Chester Himes and David Goodis.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

“Think of what Russia and China just learned,” Rep. Jim Himes, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, said Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 5, 2026

Rep. Jim Himes, D-Conn., said that the video was “one of the most troubling things” he had seen in his time in public service.

From Salon • Dec. 10, 2025

Marietta Himes was a woman with a gentle voice and an appearance and demeanor indicative of a general softness of disposition; but beneath this mild exterior there was a great deal of firmness of purpose.

From A Chosen Few Short Stories by Stockton, Frank Richard

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