#ra

I have a 10-year track record of writing for the Jewish community. ↗

— Anita Diament

#i #jewish #jewish community #record #track

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. ↗

— Anita Diament

#close #compare #english #favorite #how

Since 1985, I have written about contemporary Jewish practice and the Jewish community. ↗

— Anita Diament

#community #contemporary #i #jewish #jewish community

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

— Anita Diament

#cathedral #dining #dining room #family #heart

I would rather go to any extreme than suffer anything that is unworthy of my reputation, or of that of my crown. ↗

— Elizabeth I

#anything #crown #extreme #go #i

My mother's eyes were large and brown, like my son's, but unlike Sam's, they were always frantic, like a hummingbird who can't quite find the flower but keeps jabbing around. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#around #brown #eyes #find #flower

There's been a lot said about Social Security reform. What has been left out of the debate is the double tax on Social Security benefits. I believe it's time to get rid of a tax that punishes seniors and discourages work and retirement savings. ↗

— Rob Simmons

#been #believe #benefits #debate #discourages

It is a natural virtue incident to our sex to be pitiful of those that are afflicted. ↗

— Elizabeth I

#incident #natural #our #pitiful #sex

They say it is better to be poor and happy than rich and miserable, but how about a compromise like moderately rich and just moody? ↗

— Princess Diana

#better #compromise #happy #how #just

Being a princess isn't all it's cracked up to be. ↗

— Princess Diana

#cracked #princess #up