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He was golden and beautiful as a sunset.

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Anita Diament
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: June 24
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Novelist
Short Story Writer
University Teacher
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Golden
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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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Wherever you walk, I go with you. Selah.
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It was one of those perfect fall days when the air is cool enough to wake you up but the sun is also kissing your face.
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I got nice rejections explaining that historical fiction was a difficult sell. But I kept trying.
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My early childhood was spent in Newark, New Jersey, but my family moved to Denver when I was 12.
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There's something almost adolescent about Whitman's paean to everything that was and remains good about America.
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The Sabbath is a weekly cathedral raised up in my dining room, in my family, in my heart.
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They sang the words in unison, yet somehow created a web of sounds with their voices. It was like hearing a piece of fabric woven with all the colors of a rainbow. I did not know that such beauty could be formed by the human mouth. I had never heard harmony before.
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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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I would have stayed forever within the garden of Re-mose's childhood, but time is a mother's enemy.
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The painful things seemed like knots on a beautiful necklace, necessary for keeping the beads in place.
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I could not get my fill of looking. There should be a song for women to sing at this moment or a prayer to recite. But perhaps there is none because there are no words strong enough to name that moment.
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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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When a shy person smiles, it’s like the sun coming out.
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Why did I not know that birth is the pinnacle where women discover the courage to become mothers?
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I pray I die before they day comes when I do not know if my sons are infants or grandfathers.
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The more a daughter knows the details of her mother's life [...] the stronger the daughter.
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I never wanted Mary Poppins to be my nanny. I wanted to be her when I grew up.
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Making plans is a game. Life chooses for you.
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Shakespeare in Love... such smart writing of an alternative view of history, and such beautiful acting. Like most Americans, I'm a sucker for the accent.
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