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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
Writer
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Pleasures
Debt
Pleasure
Death
Love
Life

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The Bible - it's sort of the other person in the room. There's this book, the reader, and the Bible.
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Making plans is a game. Life chooses for you.
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If you want to understand any woman, you must first ask about her mother and then listen carefully.
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Wherever you walk, I go with you. Selah.
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Since 1985, I have written about contemporary Jewish practice and the Jewish community.
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The real Mary Poppins got lost when Hollywood turned her into a cream puff.
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I got nice rejections explaining that historical fiction was a difficult sell. But I kept trying.
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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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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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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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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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When a shy person smiles, it’s like the sun coming out.
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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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The more a daughter knows the details of her mother's life [...] the stronger the daughter.
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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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It is terrible how much has been forgotten, which is why, I suppose, remembering seems a holy thing.
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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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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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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 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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