Mitch Albom Quotes

Silence was his escape, but silence is rarely a refuge.

So often, we push away the voices closest to us. But once they're gone, we reach for them.

What will you do with the time you have left?

This world can be a trying place, Inspector. Sometimes you have to shed who you were to live who you are.

Aging is not just decay, you know, its growth.

It’s not just other people we need to forgive. We also need to forgive ourselves. For all the things we didn’t do. All the things we should have done. You can’t get stuck on the regrets of what should have happened. I always wished I had done more with my work; I wished I had written more books. I used to beat myself up over it. Now I see that never did any good. Make peace. You need to make peace with yourself and everyone around you.

There is a big confusion in this country over what we want verses what we need...you need food. You want a chocolate sundae.

tapes, like photographs and videos, are [nothing more than] a desperate attempt to steal something from death's suitcase.

Hello, Edward. I've been waiting for you.

Miracles happen quietly every day - in an operating room, on a stormy sea, in the sudden appearance of a road side stranger. They are rarely tallied. No one keeps score.

I [Music] was born in the open air, in the breaks of waves and the whistling of sandstorms, the hoots of owls and the cackles of tui birds. I travel in echoes. I ride the breeze. I was forged in nature, rugged and raw. Only man shapes my edges to make me beautiful. [Chapter 2]

Bad news has no limits. We often feel it should, like a rainstorm that can't possibly get any heavier. But a storm can always worsen, & the burdens of life can too.

A funeral is no place for secrets.

I snicker, but the idea is momentarily appealing. Part of me is scared of leaving school. Part of me wants to go desperately. Tension of opposites.

You cannot ask things to do what they are not meant to do. Eventually, they will break.