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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
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University Teacher
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Since 1985, I have written about contemporary Jewish practice and the Jewish community.
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As a journalist I'm comfortable doing library research, and I did a lot! I had a fellowship at Radcliff for a year which gave me access to the Harvard system.
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Biblical names are hot again.
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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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One of my great secrets was knowing I had the power to make her smile.
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Weeping is terrible for the complexion said Leonie, holding Shayndel close, but it is very good for the soul.
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He was golden and beautiful as a sunset.
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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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There's nothing quite like a real . . . train conductor to add color to a quotidian commute
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I lived through a classic publishing story. My editor was fired a month before the book came out. The editor who took it over already had a full plate. It was never advertised. We didn't get reviewed in any major outlets.
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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 a daughter knows the details of her mother's life [...] the stronger the daughter.
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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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The Sabbath is a weekly cathedral raised up in my dining room, in my family, in my heart.
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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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Why did I not know that birth is the pinnacle where women discover the courage to become mothers?
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Mountains are where heaven meets earth.
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Making plans is a game. Life chooses for you.
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My husband, Jim, converted to Judaism just before our wedding.
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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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