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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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Anita Diament
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: June 24
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My husband, Jim, converted to Judaism just before our wedding.
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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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Mountains are where heaven meets earth.
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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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The real Mary Poppins got lost when Hollywood turned her into a cream puff.
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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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There's something almost adolescent about Whitman's paean to everything that was and remains good about America.
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Making plans is a game. Life chooses for you.
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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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Since 1985, I have written about contemporary Jewish practice and the Jewish community.
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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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If you want to understand any woman, you must first ask about her mother and then listen carefully.
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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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I got nice rejections explaining that historical fiction was a difficult sell. But I kept trying.
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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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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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One of my great secrets was knowing I had the power to make her smile.
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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.
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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 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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