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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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Anita Diament
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: June 24
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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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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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The other reason women wanted daughters was to keep their memories alive.
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The painful things seemed like knots on a beautiful necklace, necessary for keeping the beads in place.
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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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The more a daughter knows the details of her mother's life [...] the stronger the daughter.
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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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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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One of my great secrets was knowing I had the power to make her smile.
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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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He was golden and beautiful as a sunset.
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When a shy person smiles, it’s like the sun coming out.
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Of all life's pleasures, only love owes no debt to death.
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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 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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My heart is a ladle of sweet water brimming over.
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There's nothing quite like a real . . . train conductor to add color to a quotidian commute
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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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One of my favorite poets, Neruda, writes close to the bone. Though I know only a little Spanish, I like to compare the Spanish and English lines and see how the translator worked.
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