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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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Anita Diament
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: June 24
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Novelist
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University Teacher
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Whitman
Adolescent
Remains
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America
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Since 1985, I have written about contemporary Jewish practice and the Jewish community.
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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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I moved my arms through the water, feeling them float on the surface, watching the waves and wake that followed my gesture. Here was magic, I thought. Here was something holy.
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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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Death is no enemy, but the foundation of gratitude, sympathy, and art. Of all life's pleasures, only love owes no debt to death.
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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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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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If you want to understand any woman, you must first ask about her mother and then listen carefully.
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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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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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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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He was golden and beautiful as a sunset.
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Mountains are where heaven meets earth.
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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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My husband, Jim, converted to Judaism just before our wedding.
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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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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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The painful things seemed like knots on a beautiful necklace, necessary for keeping the beads in place.
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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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My heart is a ladle of sweet water brimming over.
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