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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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Death is no enemy, but the foundation of gratitude, sympathy, and art. Of all life's pleasures, only love owes no debt to death.
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Egypt loved the lotus because it never dies. It is the same for people who are loved.
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Mountains are where heaven meets earth.
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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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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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My heart is a ladle of sweet water brimming over.
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I love many kinds of music: world music, jazz, classical, pop.
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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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If you want to understand any woman, you must first ask about her mother and then listen carefully.
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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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I like the way he danced. And then I like the way we danced together.
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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 would have stayed forever within the garden of Re-mose's childhood, but time is a mother's enemy.
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One of my great secrets was knowing I had the power to make her smile.
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My husband, Jim, converted to Judaism just before our wedding.
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It's a good thing babies don't give you a lot of time to think. You fall in love with them and when you realize how much they love you back, life is very simple.
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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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