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Anita Diament
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: June 24
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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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I like the way he danced. And then I like the way we danced together.
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Mountains are where heaven meets earth.
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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 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 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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Making plans is a game. Life chooses for you.
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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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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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The more a daughter knows the details of her mother's life [...] the stronger the daughter.
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My heart is a ladle of sweet water brimming over.
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Biblical names are hot again.
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Why did I not know that birth is the pinnacle where women discover the courage to become mothers?
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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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Egypt loved the lotus because it never dies. It is the same for people who are loved.
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The real Mary Poppins got lost when Hollywood turned her into a cream puff.
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One of my great secrets was knowing I had the power to make her smile.
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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 love many kinds of music: world music, jazz, classical, pop.
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If you want to understand any woman, you must first ask about her mother and then listen carefully.
Anita Diament