The painful things seemed like knots on a beautiful necklace, necessary for keeping the beads in place.
("The Red Tent")
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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.Anita Diamant
One of his tears fell in my mouth, where it became a blue sapphire, source of strength, source of strength and eternal hope.
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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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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 more a daughter knows the details of her mother's life -- without flinching or whining-the stronger the daughter.
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On the day that the intelligence 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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