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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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Anita Diament
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: June 24
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Novelist
Short Story Writer
University Teacher
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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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I pray I die before they day comes when I do not know if my sons are infants or grandfathers.
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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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I am so honored to be the vessel into which you pour this story of pain and strength.
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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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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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When a shy person smiles, it’s like the sun coming out.
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The real Mary Poppins got lost when Hollywood turned her into a cream puff.
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I love many kinds of music: world music, jazz, classical, pop.
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Whatever your relationship is to your sacred tradition in the West, you have some relationship to the Bible if only through the names of the characters.
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One of my great secrets was knowing I had the power to make her smile.
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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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Since 1985, I have written about contemporary Jewish practice and the Jewish community.
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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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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 never wanted Mary Poppins to be my nanny. I wanted to be her when I grew up.
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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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The painful things seemed like knots on a beautiful necklace, necessary for keeping the beads in place.
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My husband, Jim, converted to Judaism just before our wedding.
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Making plans is a game. Life chooses for you.
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