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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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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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Until very recently men and women inhabited very separate spheres. There was always interconnection, passion, love. But men and women didn't hang out at the end of the day and chat about what their day was like at the office.
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The more a daughter knows the details of her mother's life [...] the stronger the daughter.
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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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If you want to understand any woman, you must first ask about her mother and then listen carefully.
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He was golden and beautiful as a sunset.
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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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There's nothing quite like a real . . . train conductor to add color to a quotidian commute
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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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Mountains are where heaven meets earth.
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I got nice rejections explaining that historical fiction was a difficult sell. But I kept trying.
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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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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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I pray I die before they day comes when I do not know if my sons are infants or grandfathers.
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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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Of all life's pleasures, only love owes no debt to death.
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Since 1985, I have written about contemporary Jewish practice and the Jewish community.
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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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My husband, Jim, converted to Judaism just before our wedding.
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Wherever you walk, I go with you. Selah.
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