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Anita Diament
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: June 24
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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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Weeping is terrible for the complexion said Leonie, holding Shayndel close, but it is very good for the soul.
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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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Making plans is a game. Life chooses for you.
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Biblical names are hot again.
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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 never wanted Mary Poppins to be my nanny. I wanted to be her when I grew up.
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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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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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If you want to understand any woman, you must first ask about her mother and then listen carefully.
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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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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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Since 1985, I have written about contemporary Jewish practice and the Jewish community.
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He was golden and beautiful as a sunset.
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The more a daughter knows the details of her mother's life [...] the stronger the daughter.
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I got nice rejections explaining that historical fiction was a difficult sell. But I kept trying.
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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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My early childhood was spent in Newark, New Jersey, but my family moved to Denver when I was 12.
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The real Mary Poppins got lost when Hollywood turned her into a cream puff.
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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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