If you are fully alive to the prospect of dying, you really start reprioritising your life. — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“He was intent on proving that the word ‘dying’ was not synonymous with ‘useless’.” — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“Dying," Morrie suddenly said, "is the only one thing to be sad over, Mitch. Living unhappily is something else. So many of… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“Dying? Not the end of everything. We think it is. But what happens on earth is only the beginning.” — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“tapes, like photographs and videos, are [nothing more than] a desperate attempt to steal something from death's suitcase.” — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
To know you're going to die, and to be prepared for it at any time. That's better. That way you can actually… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
We all have same beginning (BIRTH), and we will have same ending (DEATH). So how different can we be? — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“Dear friends. I’m dying. “Don’t be upset. I began to die on July 6, 1917. That’s the day I was born, and,… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
Everyone knows they re going to die,' he said again, 'but nobody believes it. If we did, we would do things differently. — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
Mortality means you don't have forever to work things out. You can live your life unexamined but then on the last day… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“The eighties happened. The nineties happened. Death and sickness and getting fat and going bald happened. I traded lots of dreams for… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“Had he known his death was imminent, he might have gone somewhere else. Instead, he did what we all do. He went… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“This is your house, Reb. You are in the rafters, the floorboards, the walls, the lights. You are in every echo through… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“Holding him like that moved me in a way I cannot describe, except to say I felt the seeds of death inside… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“..I buried myself in accomplishments, because with accomplishments, I believed I could control things, I could squeeze in every last piece of… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“Everyone knows they're going to die, but nobody believes it… So we kid ourselves about death… But there's a better approach. To… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
The story of my recent life.' I like that phrase. It makes more sense than 'the story of my life', because we… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“He wrote bite-sized philosophies about living with death's shadow: "Accept what you are able to do and what you are not able… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“He had recorded a message to be played upon his death. He had told no one—except Teela, his shopping companion and health… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“As my visits with Morrie go on, I begin to read about death, how different cultures view the final passage. There is… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“Sometimes during the night, your father awakened. He rose from his bed, staggered across the room, and found the strength to raise… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“Amazing, I thought. I worked in the news business. I covered stories where people died. I interviewed grieving family members. I even… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“And on a cold Sunday afternoon, he was joined in his home by a small group of friends and family for a… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“Why? Did you ever wonder? Why people gather when others die? Why people feel they should? "It is because the human spirit… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“How can I—how can any of us—let you go? You are woven through us, from birth to death. You educated me, married… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“Dying is only one thing to be sad over, Mitch. Living unhappily is Something else. So many of the people who came… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
It is no coincidence that the words 'trying' and 'dying' are only a few letters apart. — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“He wondered how it was fair that your dying should depend so much on when you were born.” — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“Do I wither up and disappear, or do I make the best of my time left?.. He would not wither. He would… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“Morrie closed his eyes. "I know, Mitch. You mustn't be afraid of my dying. I've had a good life, and we all… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“Is this what comes at the end, I wondered? Maybe death is the great equaliser, the one big thing that can finally… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“Religion? Government? Are we not loyal to such things, sometimes to the death?" Eddie shrugged. "Better," she said, "to be loyal to… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“He wondered how it was fair that your dying should depend so much on when you were born.” — Mitch Albom Copy Share
“After the funeral, my life changed. I felt as if time were suddenly precious, water going down an open drain, and I could not… — Mitch Albom Copy Share
“Once, lovers on faraway shores sat by candlelight and dipped ink to parchment, writing words that could not be erased. They took an evening… — Mitch Albom Copy Share
Giving to other people makes me feel alive. Not my car or my house. Not what I look like in the mirror. When I… — Mitch Albom Copy Share
“If the only thing wrong with Moses is that he's not yours; if the only thing wrong with Jesus is that he's not yours;… — Mitch Albom Copy Share
“Sometimes your kids will say the nastiest things, won't they, Rose? You want to ask,'Whose child is this?'" Rose chuckled. "But usually, they're just… — Mitch Albom Copy Share
“I had also developed my own culture. Work. Over the years, I had taken labor as my companion and had moved everything else to… — Mitch Albom Copy Share
“You didn’t get it. Sacrifice is a part of life. It’s supposed to be. It’s not something to regret. It’s something to aspire to.… — Mitch Albom Copy Share
I give myself a good cry if I need it. But then I concentrate on the good things still in my life. I don't… — Mitch Albom Copy Share
It was sad, the imbalance of it all. Why do kids assume so much from one parent and hold the other to a lower,… — Mitch Albom Copy Share