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Wherever you walk, I go with you. Selah.

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Anita Diament
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: June 24
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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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The Bible - it's sort of the other person in the room. There's this book, the reader, and the Bible.
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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 painful things seemed like knots on a beautiful necklace, necessary for keeping the beads in place.
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There's nothing quite like a real . . . train conductor to add color to a quotidian commute
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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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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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The more I do bookstores, the more people come up to me from church groups. I spoke at Pittsburg State College and had 2 or 3 ministers and book groups from a couple of churches.
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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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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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The Sabbath is a weekly cathedral raised up in my dining room, in my family, in my heart.
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Since 1985, I have written about contemporary Jewish practice and the Jewish community.
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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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He was golden and beautiful as a sunset.
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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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The real Mary Poppins got lost when Hollywood turned her into a cream puff.
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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 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 got nice rejections explaining that historical fiction was a difficult sell. But I kept trying.
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