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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
Author
Novelist
Short Story Writer
University Teacher
Writer
Foundation
Enemy
Pleasure
Death
Owes
Art
Pleasures
Love
Sympathy
Life
Debt
Gratitude

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My husband, Jim, converted to Judaism just before our wedding.
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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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My heart is a ladle of sweet water brimming over.
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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 a daughter knows the details of her mother's life [...] the stronger the daughter.
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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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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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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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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 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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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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The Sabbath is a weekly cathedral raised up in my dining room, in my family, in my heart.
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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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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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Wherever you walk, I go with you. Selah.
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Mountains are where heaven meets earth.
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There's something almost adolescent about Whitman's paean to everything that was and remains good about America.
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The other reason women wanted daughters was to keep their memories alive.
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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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