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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
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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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One of my great secrets was knowing I had the power to make her smile.
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Right now, I'm Writing song lyrics. Experimenting with a play. Toying with an idea for a documentary. I hope one of these will eventually be launched into the light of day.
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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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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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One of my favorite poets, Neruda, writes close to the bone. Though I know only a little Spanish, I like to compare the Spanish and English lines and see how the translator worked.
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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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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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The real Mary Poppins got lost when Hollywood turned her into a cream puff.
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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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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 Sabbath is a weekly cathedral raised up in my dining room, in my family, in my heart.
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Since 1985, I have written about contemporary Jewish practice and the Jewish community.
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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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It is terrible how much has been forgotten, which is why, I suppose, remembering seems a holy thing.
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