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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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Of all life's pleasures, only love owes no debt to death.
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I like the way he danced. And then I like the way we danced together.
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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 would have stayed forever within the garden of Re-mose's childhood, but time is a mother's enemy.
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Mountains are where heaven meets earth.
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One of my great secrets was knowing I had the power to make her smile.
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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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I pray I die before they day comes when I do not know if my sons are infants or grandfathers.
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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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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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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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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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Making plans is a game. Life chooses for you.
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My heart is a ladle of sweet water brimming over.
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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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The Sabbath is a weekly cathedral raised up in my dining room, in my family, in my heart.
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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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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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My early childhood was spent in Newark, New Jersey, but my family moved to Denver when I was 12.
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The more a daughter knows the details of her mother's life [...] the stronger the daughter.
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