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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.

Anita Diament

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Anita Diament
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: June 24
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The Bible - it's sort of the other person in the room. There's this book, the reader, and the Bible.
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Weeping is terrible for the complexion said Leonie, holding Shayndel close, but it is very good for the soul.
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I moved my arms through the water, feeling them float on the surface, watching the waves and wake that followed my gesture. Here was magic, I thought. Here was something holy.
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Mountains are where heaven meets earth.
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One of my favorite poets, Neruda, writes close to the bone. Though I know only a little Spanish, I like to compare the Spanish and English lines and see how the translator worked.
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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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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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Since 1985, I have written about contemporary Jewish practice and the Jewish community.
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Wherever you walk, I go with you. Selah.
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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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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 I do bookstores, the more people come up to me from church groups. I spoke at Pittsburg State College and had 2 or 3 ministers and book groups from a couple of churches.
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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 got nice rejections explaining that historical fiction was a difficult sell. But I kept trying.
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Biblical names are hot again.
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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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The real Mary Poppins got lost when Hollywood turned her into a cream puff.
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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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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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