Mitch Albom Quotes

The End is coming. What will you do with the time you have left?

You see, here's my theory: Kids chase the love that eludes them, and for me, that was my father's love. He kept it tucked away, like papers in a briefcase. And I kept trying to get in there.

If you hold back on the emotions — if you don’t allow yourself to go all the way through them — you can never get to being detached, you’re too busy being afraid. You’re afraid of the pain, you’re afraid of the grief. You’re afraid of the vulnerability that loving entails.

A funeral is no place for secrets.

I HAVE A HEARTBURN AND DIAHREA AT THE MOMENT — LIFE'S ABITCH. CHAT LATER?

[signed] SORE TUSH

and that's the thing when your parents die, you feel like instead of going into every fight with backup, you are going into every fight alone.

In the water’s reflection she saw only loving scenes from her childhood, countless memories, her mother kissing her good night, unwrapping a new toy, plopping whipped cream onto pancakes, putting Annie on her first bicycle, stitching a ripped dress, sharing a tube of lipstick, pushing a button to Annie’s favorite radio station. It was as if someone unlocked a vault and all these fond recollections could be examined at once.
Why didn't I feel this before? she whispered. Because we embrace are scars more than our healing, Lorraine said. We can recall the exact day we got hurt, but who remembers the day the wound was gone?

Sunflowers waiting for the sunshine. Violets just waiting for dew. Bees just waiting for honey And honey, I’m just waiting for you!

One must indeed test the strings to this life, bounce the bow, wet the mouthpiece, prepare for the deeper music that follows.

Why do you want to die?'
I shivered. For a second I couldn't breathe.
'You knew...?'
She gave a sad smile.
'I'm your mother.

ness-that Morrie was looking at life from some very different place than anyone else I knew. A healthier place. A more sensible place. And he was about to die.
But it was also becoming clear to me- through his courage, his humor, his patience, and his openIf some mystical clarity of thought came when you looked death in the eye, then I knew Morrie wanted to share it.

Common sense would have told Sarah to steer clear of Ethan's waters. But common sense has no place in first love and never has.

The end of loneliness is when someone needs you. And the world is so full of need.

God -starts- things,' he [the Lord] said. 'Man stops them.

all humans are inclined to hate others if they believe they are the cause of their unhappiness.