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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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Anita Diament
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: June 24
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Novelist
Short Story Writer
University Teacher
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Good
Complexion
Weeping
Holding
Close
Terrible
Soul

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When a shy person smiles, it’s like the sun coming out.
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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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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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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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Wherever you walk, I go with you. Selah.
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Why did I not know that birth is the pinnacle where women discover the courage to become mothers?
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My heart is a ladle of sweet water brimming over.
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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 pray I die before they day comes when I do not know if my sons are infants or grandfathers.
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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 love many kinds of music: world music, jazz, classical, pop.
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I like the way he danced. And then I like the way we danced together.
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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 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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It is terrible how much has been forgotten, which is why, I suppose, remembering seems a holy thing.
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