Anita Diamant

“The great mother whom we call Innana gave a gift to woman that is not known among men, and this is the secret of blood.”

“There may be a word for everything, but there is no single word for every thing.”

“My heart is a ladle of sweet water, brimming with love for you.”

“If you want to understand any woman you must first ask about her mother and then listen carefully.”

“It is a blessing to be the color of the earth; do you know that? When you are the color of the earth, you can hide in the wings of a bird, you can go to sleep in the shade of a tree.”

“Death is no enemy, but the foundation of life, the soil.”

“The truth is that we are all, in some way, refugees. We are all searching for a home.”

“Why did women have to be so damned resilient? They were expected to be strong, to be stoic, to carry on.”

“Blessed is the storyteller. For she is the bearer of tradition.”

“I had been taught that the separation of girls and women was a necessary and holy thing. But I was not so sure of that.”

“What you have learned is that you cannot delegate your life.”

“The story of a woman is the story of her mother.”

“Egypt is a fertile valley of rich, dark earth, nourished by the waters of the Nile. It is a land of abundance, of life, and of death.”

“We have been lost to each other for so long. My name is Dinah.”

“I believe in the power of stories to change the world.”