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The more a daughter knows the details of her mother's life [...] the stronger the daughter.

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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Mother
Life
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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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If you want to understand any woman, you must first ask about her mother and then listen carefully.
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I love many kinds of music: world music, jazz, classical, pop.
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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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It is terrible how much has been forgotten, which is why, I suppose, remembering seems a holy thing.
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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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I like the way he danced. And then I like the way we danced together.
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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 pray I die before they day comes when I do not know if my sons are infants or grandfathers.
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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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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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One of my great secrets was knowing I had the power to make her smile.
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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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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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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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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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Mountains are where heaven meets earth.
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My heart is a ladle of sweet water brimming over.
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Making plans is a game. Life chooses for you.
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