I got nice rejections explaining that historical fiction was a difficult sell. But I kept trying.
If you want to understand any woman, you must first ask about her mother and then listen carefully.
Of all life's pleasures, only love owes no debt to death.
Wherever you walk, I go with you. Selah.
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.
Egypt loved the lotus because it never dies. It is the same for people who are loved.
The Bible - it's sort of the other person in the room. There's this book, the reader, and the Bible.
I would have stayed forever within the garden of Re-mose's childhood, but time is a mother's enemy.
There's nothing quite like a real. . . train conductor to add color to a quotidian commute
My husband, Jim, converted to Judaism just before our wedding.
The Sabbath is a weekly cathedral raised up in my dining room, in my family, in my heart.
It is terrible how much has been forgotten, which is why, I suppose, remembering seems a holy thing.
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.
In Egypt, I loved the perfume of the lotus. A flower would bloom in the pool at dawn, filling the entire garden with a blue musk so powerful it seemed that even the fish and ducks would swoon. By night, the flower might wither but the perfume lasted. Fainter and fainter, but never quite gone. Even many days later, the lotus remained in the garden. Months would pass and a bee would alight near the spot where the lotus had blossomed, and its essence was released again, momentary but undeniable.
I like the way he danced. And then I like the way we danced together.
I am so honored to be the vessel into which you pour this story of pain and strength.
The other reason women wanted daughters was to keep their memories alive.
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.
If you want to understand any woman you must first ask about her mother and then listen carefully. Stories about food show a strong connection. Wistful silences demonstrate unfinished business. The more a daughter knows about the details of her mother's life - without flinching or whining - the stronger the daughter.
I never wanted Mary Poppins to be my nanny. I wanted to be her when I grew up.