Mitch Albom Quotes

We do not realize the sound the world makes-unless of course, it comes to a stop. Then, when it starts, it sounds like an orchestra.
Breaking waves. Whipping wind. Falling rain. Squawking birds. All throughout the universe, time resumed and nature sang.

People think of heaven as a paradise garden, a place where they can float on clouds and laze in rivers and mountains. But scenery without solace is meaningless. - This is the greatest gift God can give you: To understand what happened in your life. To have it explained. It is the peace you have been searching for.

"A long time. Right on time. Out of time. Mind the time. Be on time. Spare time. Keep time. Stall for time.

There are as many expressions with "time" as there are minutes in a day.

But once, there was no word for it at all. Because no one was counting."

The hands of a clock will find their way home.

A man who can take anything will find most things unsatisfying.

Love is when you are as concerned about someone else's situation as you are about your own.

I also believe that parents, if they love you, will hold you up safely, above their swirling waters, and sometimes that means you'll never know what they endured, and you may treat them unkindly, in a way you otherwise wouldn't.
But there's a story behind everything. How a picture got on a wall. How a scar got on your face. Sometimes the stories are simple, and sometimes they are hard and heartbreaking. But behind all your stories is always your mother's story, because hers is where yours begins.

All parents damage their children. It cannot be helped.

"It's not just other people we need to forgive, Mitch. " He finally whispered, "We also need to forgive ourselves."

Through it all, despite it all, Eddie privately adored his old man, because sons will adore their fathers through even the worst behavior. It is how they learn devotion. Before he can devote himself to God or a woman, a boy will devote himself to his father, even foolishly, even beyond explanation.

If we love something and somebody so much, how much — if at all — are they ever really gone from our hearts?

You were never alone.

You can't get stuck on the regrets of what should have happened

No, Edward. You are here so I can teach you something. All the people you meet here have one thing to teach you.

The only thing scarier than leaving a small town is never leaving it at all.