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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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Egypt loved the lotus because it never dies. It is the same for people who are loved.
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Of all life's pleasures, only love owes no debt to death.
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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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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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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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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 Sabbath is a weekly cathedral raised up in my dining room, in my family, in my heart.
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When a shy person smiles, it’s like the sun coming out.
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It's a wonder that any mother ever called a daughter Dinah again. But some did. Maybe you guessed that there was more to me than the voiceless cipher in the text. Maybe you heard it in the music of my name: the first vowel high and clear, as when a mother calls to her child at dusk the second sound soft, for whispering secrets on pillows. Dee-nah.
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The other reason women wanted daughters was to keep their memories alive.
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My early childhood was spent in Newark, New Jersey, but my family moved to Denver when I was 12.
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They sang the words in unison, yet somehow created a web of sounds with their voices. It was like hearing a piece of fabric woven with all the colors of a rainbow. I did not know that such beauty could be formed by the human mouth. I had never heard harmony before.
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One of my great secrets was knowing I had the power to make her smile.
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The real Mary Poppins got lost when Hollywood turned her into a cream puff.
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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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Biblical names are hot again.
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I love many kinds of music: world music, jazz, classical, pop.
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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 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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