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The other reason women wanted daughters was to keep their memories alive.

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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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Daughters
Daughter
Memories
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Of all life's pleasures, only love owes no debt to death.
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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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There's nothing quite like a real . . . train conductor to add color to a quotidian commute
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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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Shakespeare in Love... such smart writing of an alternative view of history, and such beautiful acting. Like most Americans, I'm a sucker for the accent.
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Wherever you walk, I go with you. Selah.
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The more a daughter knows the details of her mother's life [...] the stronger the daughter.
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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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I love many kinds of music: world music, jazz, classical, pop.
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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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Making plans is a game. Life chooses for you.
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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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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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If you want to understand any woman, you must first ask about her mother and then listen carefully.
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The real Mary Poppins got lost when Hollywood turned her into a cream puff.
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Biblical names are hot again.
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He was golden and beautiful as a sunset.
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My heart is a ladle of sweet water brimming over.
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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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