Anita Diament Quotes

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• The Sabbath is a weekly cathedral raised up in my dining room, in my family, in my heart.

  Anita Diament

  Heart, Religion, Rooms

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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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  Beautiful, Necklaces, Painful

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• It's a good thing babies don't give you a lot of time to think. You fall in love with them and when you realize how much they love you back, life is very simple.

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  Baby, Falling In Love, Love You

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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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  Mother, Birth, Pinnacle

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• One of my great secrets was knowing I had the power to make her smile.

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  Love, Knowing, Secret

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• The more a daughter knows the details of her mother's life [...] the stronger the daughter.

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  Daughter, Mother, Stronger

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

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  Sun, Shy, Coming Out

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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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  Dream, Sweet, Egypt

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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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  Soul, Said, Very Good

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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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  Community, Benefits, Way

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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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  Fall, Kissing, Air

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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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  Years, Library Research, Doing Me

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• My early childhood was spent in Newark, New Jersey, but my family moved to Denver when I was 12.

  Anita Diament

  Childhood, Denver, Jersey

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• I never wanted Mary Poppins to be my nanny. I wanted to be her when I grew up.

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  Nannies, Grew Up, Mary

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• There's nothing quite like a real . . . train conductor to add color to a quotidian commute

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  Real, Color, Add

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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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  Giving Up, Reading, Writing

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• I love many kinds of music: world music, jazz, classical, pop.

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  World, Jazz, Kind

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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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  Mother, Garden, Childhood

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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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  Writing, Lines, Littles

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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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  Son, Grandfather, Praying

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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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  Remember, Forgotten, Holy

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• Mountains are where heaven meets earth.

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  Heaven, Mountain, Earth

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• The real Mary Poppins got lost when Hollywood turned her into a cream puff.

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  Real, Puff, Hollywood

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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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  Song, Writing, Light

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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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  Beautiful, Smart, Writing

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