"We really don't experience the world fully, because we're half-asleep, doing things we automatically think we have to do.” And facing death changes … - Mitch Albom

Most of us all walk around as if we're sleepwalking. We really don't experience the world fully, because we're half-asleep, doing things we automatically think we have to do.

The more you defend a lie, the angrier you become.

"fairness," he said, "does not govern life and death. if it did, no good person would ever die."

"Strangers," the Blue Man said, "are just family you have yet to come to know."

"sacrifice is a part of life. it is supposed to be. it's not something to regret. it's something to aspire to. little sacrifices. big sacrifices. a mother works so her son can go to school. a daughter moves home to take care of her sick father. Sometimes when you sacrifice something precious, you're not really losing it. you're just passing it on to someone else."

In order to move on, you must understand why you felt what you did and why you no longer need to feel it.