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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.

Anita Diament

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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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Enemy
Pleasure
Death
Owes
Art
Pleasures
Love
Sympathy
Life
Debt
Gratitude
Foundation

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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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on the day that the intlligence and talents of women are fully honored and employed, the human community and the planet itself will benefit in ways we can only begin to imagine.
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Since 1985, I have written about contemporary Jewish practice and the Jewish community.
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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 moved my arms through the water, feeling them float on the surface, watching the waves and wake that followed my gesture. Here was magic, I thought. Here was something holy.
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Mountains are where heaven meets earth.
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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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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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When a shy person smiles, it’s like the sun coming out.
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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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My husband, Jim, converted to Judaism just before our wedding.
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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 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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