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If you want to understand any woman, you must first ask about her mother and then listen carefully.

Anita Diament

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Anita Diament
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: June 24
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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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I got nice rejections explaining that historical fiction was a difficult sell. But I kept trying.
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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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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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When a shy person smiles, it’s like the sun coming out.
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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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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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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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The more a daughter knows the details of her mother's life [...] the stronger the daughter.
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The real Mary Poppins got lost when Hollywood turned her into a cream puff.
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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 tell writers to keep reading, reading, reading. Read widely and deeply. And I tell them not to give up even after getting rejection letters. And only write what you love.
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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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The Sabbath is a weekly cathedral raised up in my dining room, in my family, in my heart.
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He was golden and beautiful as a sunset.
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