Anita Diamant

"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."

- Anita Diamant

"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."

- Anita Diamant

"The more a daughter knows the details of her mother’s life, the stronger the daughter."

- Anita Diamant

"The more a daughter knows the details of her mother’s life the stronger the daughter."

- Anita Diamant

"The more a daughter knows the details of her mother’s life … the stronger the daughter."

- Anita Diamant

"The more a daughter knows the details of her mother's life... the stronger the daughter."

- Anita Diamant

"The more a daughter knows the details of her mother's life, the stronger the daughter."

- Anita Diamant

""The more a daughter knows the details of her mother's life, the stronger the daughter.""

- Anita Diamant

"We are commanded to teach our children about the Exodus from Egypt in a manner so vivid that everyone at the table—but especially the kids—remembers (not merely imagines but actually remembers) what it feels like to be a hungry, hunted slave. The seder makes memory manifest, tangible, and solid as Grandpa’s kiddush cup."

- Anita Diamant

"Just as there is no warning for childbirth, there is no preparation for the sight of a first child. 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 the moment."

- Anita Diamant

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

- Anita Diamant