Mitch Albom Quotes

For many of us, the curtain had just come down on childhood.

Beginnings and endings are earthly ideas. I go on. And because I go on, you go on with me. Feeling loss is part of why you are on Earth. Through it, you appreciate the brief gift of human existence, and you learn to cherish the world I created for you. But the human form is not permanent. It was never meant to be. That gift belongs to the soul. “I know the tears you shed, Benjamin. When people leave this Earth, their loved ones always weep.” She smiled. “But I promise you, those who leave do not.

She was like a wound beneath an old bandage, and he had grown more used to the bandage.

There are many things in my life that I wish I could take back. Many moments I would recast.

You don't know how to live until you learn how to die.

When you are measuring life, you are not living it.

"I believe in being fully present."
"That means you should be with the person you're with." ...
"I am talking to you. I am thinking about you."

The years after graduation hardened me into someone quite different from the strutting graduate who left campus that day headed for New York city, ready to offer the world his talent. The world, I discovered. was not all that interested.

But none of us are assured of tomorrow. It's what we do with today that makes an impact.

People often belittle the place where they were born but heaven can be found in the most unlikely places.

God sings, we hum along, and there are many melodies, but it's all one song - one same, wonderful, human song.

"I think people expect too much from marriage today" he said. "They expect perfection. Every moment should be a bliss. That´s TV or movies. But that is not the human experience. Like Sarah says, twenty good minutes here, forty good minutes there, it adds up to something beautiful. The trick is when things aren´t so great, you don´t junk the whole thing. It´s okay to have an argument. It´s okay that the other one nudges you a little, bothers you a little. It´s part of being close to someone. But the joy you get from the sam closeness - when you watch your children, whan you wake up and smile at each other - that, as our tradition teaches us, is a blessing. People forget that. Why do they forget it? Because the word "commitment" has lost its meaning. I´m old enough to remember when it used to be positive. A committed person was someone to be admired. He was loyal and steady. Now a commitment is something you avoid. You don´t want to tie yourself down"

"Here's the thing," he said. "People see me as a bridge. I'm not as alive as I used to be, but I'm not yet dead. I'm sort of...in-between"

Sometimes, questions are more hurtful than insults.

The world is full of stories, but the stories are all one.