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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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Owes
Pleasures
Debt
Pleasure
Death
Love
Life

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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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I never wanted Mary Poppins to be my nanny. I wanted to be her when I grew up.
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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 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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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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One of my great secrets was knowing I had the power to make her smile.
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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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When a shy person smiles, it’s like the sun coming out.
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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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There's nothing quite like a real . . . train conductor to add color to a quotidian commute
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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 like the way he danced. And then I like the way we danced together.
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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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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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Why did I not know that birth is the pinnacle where women discover the courage to become mothers?
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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 Sabbath is a weekly cathedral raised up in my dining room, in my family, in my heart.
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Wherever you walk, I go with you. Selah.
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Until very recently men and women inhabited very separate spheres. There was always interconnection, passion, love. But men and women didn't hang out at the end of the day and chat about what their day was like at the office.
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