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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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Anita Diament
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: June 24
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Novelist
Short Story Writer
University Teacher
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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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The Sabbath is a weekly cathedral raised up in my dining room, in my family, in my heart.
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I love many kinds of music: world music, jazz, classical, pop.
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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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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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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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Since 1985, I have written about contemporary Jewish practice and the Jewish community.
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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 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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My heart is a ladle of sweet water brimming over.
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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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Egypt loved the lotus because it never dies. It is the same for people who are loved.
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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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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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Right now, I'm Writing song lyrics. Experimenting with a play. Toying with an idea for a documentary. I hope one of these will eventually be launched into the light of day.
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When a shy person smiles, it’s like the sun coming out.
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Biblical names are hot again.
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One of his tears fell in my mouth, where it became a blue sapphire, source of strength, source of strength and eternal hope.
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Mountains are where heaven meets earth.
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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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