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Making plans is a game. Life chooses for you.

Anita Diament

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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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Plans
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Games
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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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I am so honored to be the vessel into which you pour this story of pain and strength.
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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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My husband, Jim, converted to Judaism just before our wedding.
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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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My heart is a ladle of sweet water brimming over.
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I got nice rejections explaining that historical fiction was a difficult sell. But I kept trying.
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Since 1985, I have written about contemporary Jewish practice and the Jewish community.
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Wherever you walk, I go with you. Selah.
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Biblical names are hot again.
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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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One of my great secrets was knowing I had the power to make her smile.
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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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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 pray I die before they day comes when I do not know if my sons are infants or grandfathers.
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When a shy person smiles, it’s like the sun coming out.
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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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The other reason women wanted daughters was to keep their memories alive.
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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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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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