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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.
Anita Diament
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Anita Diament
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: June 24
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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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My heart is a ladle of sweet water brimming over.
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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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I am so honored to be the vessel into which you pour this story of pain and strength.
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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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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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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 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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Weeping is terrible for the complexion said Leonie, holding Shayndel close, but it is very good for the soul.
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I like the way he danced. And then I like the way we danced together.
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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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He was golden and beautiful as a sunset.
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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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They sang the words in unison, yet somehow created a web of sounds with their voices. It was like hearing a piece of fabric woven with all the colors of a rainbow. I did not know that such beauty could be formed by the human mouth. I had never heard harmony before.
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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 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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My husband, Jim, converted to Judaism just before our wedding.
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Since 1985, I have written about contemporary Jewish practice and the Jewish community.
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