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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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Anita Diament
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: June 24
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Denver
Jersey
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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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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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Until very recently men and women inhabited very separate spheres. There was always interconnection, passion, love. But men and women didn't hang out at the end of the day and chat about what their day was like at the office.
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It was one of those perfect fall days when the air is cool enough to wake you up but the sun is also kissing your face.
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Biblical names are hot again.
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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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I love many kinds of music: world music, jazz, classical, pop.
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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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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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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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If you want to understand any woman, you must first ask about her mother and then listen carefully.
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When a shy person smiles, it’s like the sun coming out.
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Death is no enemy, but the foundation of gratitude, sympathy, and art. Of all life's pleasures, only love owes no debt to death.
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There's something almost adolescent about Whitman's paean to everything that was and remains good about America.
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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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Mountains are where heaven meets earth.
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The more a daughter knows the details of her mother's life [...] the stronger the daughter.
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There's nothing quite like a real . . . train conductor to add color to a quotidian commute
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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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