“What a waste.. All those people saying all those wonderful things, and Irv never got to hear any of it.” — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“Fairness," he said, 'does not govern life and death. If it did, no good person would ever die young.” — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“Dying,” Morris suddenly said, “is only one thing to be sad over, Mitch. Living unhappily is something else.” — 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
“You live on - in the hearts of everyone you have touched and nurtured while you were here...Death ends life, not a… — 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
“It is because the human spirit knows, deep down, that all lives intersect. That death doesn't just take someone, it misses someone… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“Had it not been for "Nightline," Morrie would have died without ever seeing me again. I had no good excuse for this,… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
People don’t die because of loyalty.” They don’t?” She smiled. “Religion? Government? Are we not loyal to such things, sometimes to the… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
What do people fear most about death? I asked the reb. "Fear?" he thought for a moment. 'Well, for one thing, what… — 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
“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
“There are some mornings when I cry and cry and mourn for myself. Some mornings, I'm so angry and bitter. But it… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“Your father was no longer a young man. he was already in his fifties.' Fifty-six,' Eddie said blankly. Fifty-six,' the old woman… — 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
