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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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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 a daughter knows the details of her mother's life [...] the stronger the daughter.
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Wherever you walk, I go with you. Selah.
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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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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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There's something almost adolescent about Whitman's paean to everything that was and remains good about America.
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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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Egypt loved the lotus because it never dies. It is the same for people who are loved.
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Mountains are where heaven meets earth.
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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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Egypt loved the lotus becuase it never dies. It is the same for people who are loved. Thus can something as insignificant as a name-two syllables, one high, one sweet- summon up the innumerable smiles, tears, sighs and dreams of a human life.
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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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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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It is terrible how much has been forgotten, which is why, I suppose, remembering seems a holy thing.
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He was golden and beautiful as a sunset.
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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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I am so honored to be the vessel into which you pour this story of pain and strength.
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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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If you want to understand any woman, you must first ask about her mother and then listen carefully.
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