“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.”
―
Anita Diamant,
The Red Tent
“The painful things seemed like knots on a beautiful necklace, necessary for keeping the beads in place.” ― Anita Diamant, The Red Tent
“The more a daughter knows the details of her mother's life [...] the stronger the daughter.” ― Anita Diamant, The Red Tent
“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.” ― Anita Diamant, The Red Tent
“Of all life's pleasures, only love owes no debt to death.” ― Anita Diamant, The Red Tent
“When a shy person smiles, it’s like the sun coming out.” ― Anita Diamant, The Boston Girl
“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. The flow at the dark of the moon, the healing blood of the moon’s birth - to men, this is flux and distemper, bother and pain. They imagine we suffer and consider themselves lucky. We do not disabuse them.In the red tent, the truth is known. In the red tent, where days pass like a gentle stream, as the gift of Innana courses through us, cleansing the body of last month’s death, preparing the body to receive the new month’s life, women give thanks — for repose and restoration, for the knowledge that life comes from between our legs, and that life costs blood.” ― Anita Diamant, The Red Tent
“Death is no enemy, but the foundation of gratitude, sympathy, and art. Of all life's pleasures, only love owes no debt to death.” ― Anita Diamant, The Red Tent
“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.” ― Anita Diamant, The Red Tent
“If you want to understand any woman, you must first ask about her mother and then listen carefully. ” ― Anita Diamant, The Red Tent
“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.” ― Anita Diamant, The Red Tent
“It is terrible how much has been forgotten, which is why, I suppose, remembering seems a holy thing.” ― Anita Diamant, The Red Tent
“The other reason women wanted daughters was to keep their memories alive.” ― Anita Diamant, The Red Tent
“Why did I not know that birth is the pinnacle where women discover the courage to become mothers?” ― Anita Diamant, The Red Tent
“He was golden and beautiful as a sunset.” ― Anita Diamant, The Red Tent
“They sang the words in unison, yet somehow created a web of sounds with their voices. It was like hearing a piece of fabric woven with all the colors of a rainbow. I did not know that such beauty could be formed by the human mouth. I had never heard harmony before.” ― Anita Diamant, The Red Tent
“My heart is a ladle of sweet water brimming over.” ― Anita Diamant, The Red Tent
“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 Red Tent
“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.” ― Anita Diamant, The Red Tent
“The painful things seemed like knots on a beautiful necklace, necessary for keeping the beads in place.” ― Anita Diamant, The Red Tent
“The more a daughter knows the details of her mother's life [...] the stronger the daughter.” ― Anita Diamant, The Red Tent
“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.” ― Anita Diamant, The Red Tent
“Of all life's pleasures, only love owes no debt to death.” ― Anita Diamant, The Red Tent
“When a shy person smiles, it’s like the sun coming out.” ― Anita Diamant, The Boston Girl
“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. The flow at the dark of the moon, the healing blood of the moon’s birth - to men, this is flux and distemper, bother and pain. They imagine we suffer and consider themselves lucky. We do not disabuse them.In the red tent, the truth is known. In the red tent, where days pass like a gentle stream, as the gift of Innana courses through us, cleansing the body of last month’s death, preparing the body to receive the new month’s life, women give thanks — for repose and restoration, for the knowledge that life comes from between our legs, and that life costs blood.” ― Anita Diamant, The Red Tent
“Death is no enemy, but the foundation of gratitude, sympathy, and art. Of all life's pleasures, only love owes no debt to death.” ― Anita Diamant, The Red Tent
“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.” ― Anita Diamant, The Red Tent
“If you want to understand any woman, you must first ask about her mother and then listen carefully. ” ― Anita Diamant, The Red Tent
“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.” ― Anita Diamant, The Red Tent
“It is terrible how much has been forgotten, which is why, I suppose, remembering seems a holy thing.” ― Anita Diamant, The Red Tent
“The other reason women wanted daughters was to keep their memories alive.” ― Anita Diamant, The Red Tent
“Why did I not know that birth is the pinnacle where women discover the courage to become mothers?” ― Anita Diamant, The Red Tent
“He was golden and beautiful as a sunset.” ― Anita Diamant, The Red Tent
“They sang the words in unison, yet somehow created a web of sounds with their voices. It was like hearing a piece of fabric woven with all the colors of a rainbow. I did not know that such beauty could be formed by the human mouth. I had never heard harmony before.” ― Anita Diamant, The Red Tent
“My heart is a ladle of sweet water brimming over.” ― Anita Diamant, The Red Tent
“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 Red Tent
“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.” ― Anita Diamant, The Red Tent
