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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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Novelist
Short Story Writer
University Teacher
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Family
Newark
Denver
Jersey
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Childhood

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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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When a shy person smiles, it’s like the sun coming out.
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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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Of all life's pleasures, only love owes no debt to death.
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Making plans is a game. Life chooses for you.
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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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If you want to understand any woman you must first ask about her mother and then listen carefully. Stories about food show a strong connection. Wistful silences demonstrate unfinished business. The more a daughter knows about the details of her mother's life - without flinching or whining - the stronger the daughter.
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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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Biblical names are hot again.
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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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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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The more a daughter knows the details of her mother's life [...] the stronger the daughter.
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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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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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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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One of my great secrets was knowing I had the power to make her smile.
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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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He was golden and beautiful as a sunset.
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