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The Sabbath is a weekly cathedral raised up in my dining room, in my family, in my heart.
Anita Diament
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Anita Diament
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: June 24
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If you want to understand any woman you must first ask about her mother and then listen carefully. Stories about food show a strong connection. Wistful silences demonstrate unfinished business. The more a daughter knows about the details of her mother's life - without flinching or whining - the stronger the daughter.
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Mountains are where heaven meets earth.
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It's a wonder that any mother ever called a daughter Dinah again. But some did. Maybe you guessed that there was more to me than the voiceless cipher in the text. Maybe you heard it in the music of my name: the first vowel high and clear, as when a mother calls to her child at dusk the second sound soft, for whispering secrets on pillows. Dee-nah.
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I would have stayed forever within the garden of Re-mose's childhood, but time is a mother's enemy.
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Right now, I'm Writing song lyrics. Experimenting with a play. Toying with an idea for a documentary. I hope one of these will eventually be launched into the light of day.
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I wanted to cry, but I realized that I was too old for that. I would be a woman soon and I would have to learn how to live with a divided heart.
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One of his tears fell in my mouth, where it became a blue sapphire, source of strength, source of strength and eternal hope.
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I am so honored to be the vessel into which you pour this story of pain and strength.
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The story it told was unremarkable: a tale of love found and lost- the oldest story in the world. The only story.
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The other reason women wanted daughters was to keep their memories alive.
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I lived through a classic publishing story. My editor was fired a month before the book came out. The editor who took it over already had a full plate. It was never advertised. We didn't get reviewed in any major outlets.
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I got nice rejections explaining that historical fiction was a difficult sell. But I kept trying.
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