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When a shy person smiles, it’s like the sun coming out.

Anita Diament

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Anita Diament
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: June 24
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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 is terrible how much has been forgotten, which is why, I suppose, remembering seems a holy thing.
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Of all life's pleasures, only love owes no debt to death.
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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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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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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 more a daughter knows the details of her mother's life [...] the stronger the daughter.
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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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Mountains are where heaven meets earth.
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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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Making plans is a game. Life chooses for you.
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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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It's a wonder that any mother ever called a daughter Dinah again. But some did. Maybe you guessed that there was more to me than the voiceless cipher in the text. Maybe you heard it in the music of my name: the first vowel high and clear, as when a mother calls to her child at dusk the second sound soft, for whispering secrets on pillows. Dee-nah.
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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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One of my great secrets was knowing I had the power to make her smile.
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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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