“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.” ShouldEnoughMomentsSongNamesStrongPrayerThat MomentStrong Enough Author:Anita Diament
“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.” FirstsChildrenMotherNamesSoundSecretWonderClearHeardDaughterPillowWhisperingDuskVoicelessVowelsCiphers Author:Anita Diament
“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.” PeopleHumansTwoDreamDiesNamesTearsSweetHuman LifeEgyptSighInsignificantSyllablesLotuses Author:Anita Diament
“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.” IfsCharacterNamesTraditionSacredWestOur Relationship Author:Anita Diament
