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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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Anita Diament
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: June 24
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Novelist
Short Story Writer
University Teacher
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Pain
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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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Mountains are where heaven meets earth.
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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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The more a daughter knows the details of her mother's life [...] the stronger the daughter.
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Egypt loved the lotus becuase it never dies. It is the same for people who are loved. Thus can something as insignificant as a name-two syllables, one high, one sweet- summon up the innumerable smiles, tears, sighs and dreams of a human life.
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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 real Mary Poppins got lost when Hollywood turned her into a cream puff.
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Of all life's pleasures, only love owes no debt to death.
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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 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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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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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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on the day that the intlligence and talents of women are fully honored and employed, the human community and the planet itself will benefit in ways we can only begin to imagine.
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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 love many kinds of music: world music, jazz, classical, pop.
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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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Wherever you walk, I go with you. Selah.
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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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As a journalist I'm comfortable doing library research, and I did a lot! I had a fellowship at Radcliff for a year which gave me access to the Harvard system.
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