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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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Anita Diament
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: June 24
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Novelist
Short Story Writer
University Teacher
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Dies
Never
People
Lotuses
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Egypt
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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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 pray I die before they day comes when I do not know if my sons are infants or grandfathers.
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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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Biblical names are hot again.
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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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I would have stayed forever within the garden of Re-mose's childhood, but time is a mother's enemy.
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