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Wherever you walk, I go with you. Selah.

Anita Diament

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Anita Diament
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: June 24
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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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One of my great secrets was knowing I had the power to make her smile.
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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 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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The more a daughter knows the details of her mother's life [...] the stronger the daughter.
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I like the way he danced. And then I like the way we danced together.
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Mountains are where heaven meets earth.
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It is terrible how much has been forgotten, which is why, I suppose, remembering seems a holy thing.
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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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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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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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He was golden and beautiful as a sunset.
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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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Egypt loved the lotus because it never dies. It is the same for people who are loved.
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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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Since 1985, I have written about contemporary Jewish practice and the Jewish community.
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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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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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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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