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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.
Anita Diament
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Anita Diament
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: June 24
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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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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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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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Egypt loved the lotus because it never dies. It is the same for people who are loved.
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Whatever your relationship is to your sacred tradition in the West, you have some relationship to the Bible if only through the names of the characters.
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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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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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Mountains are where heaven meets earth.
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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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It's a good thing babies don't give you a lot of time to think. You fall in love with them and when you realize how much they love you back, life is very simple.
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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 got nice rejections explaining that historical fiction was a difficult sell. But I kept trying.
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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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My heart is a ladle of sweet water brimming over.
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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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Biblical names are hot again.
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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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