“Morrie was in a wheelchair full-time now, getting used to helpers lifting him like a heavy sack from the chair to the… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“I may be dying, but I am surrounded by loving, caring souls. How many people can say that?” — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“..And because he was still able to move his hands - Morrie always spoke with both hands waving - he showed great… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“If some mystical clarity of thought came when you looked death in the eye, then I knew Morrie wanted to share it.… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“He had refused fancy clothes or makeup for this interview. His philosophy was that death should to be embarrassing; he was not… — 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 had amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Lou Gehrig's disease, a brutal, unforgiving illness of the neurological system. There was no known cure.” — 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
“In a strange way, I envied the quality of Morrie's time even as I lamented its diminishing supply. Why did we bother… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“It's only horrible if you see it that way," Morrie said. "It's horrible to watch my body slowly wilt away to nothing.… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“His eyes were more sunken than I remembered them, and his cheekbones more pronounced. This gave him a harsher, older look -… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“I asked Morrie if he felt sorry for himself. "Sometimes, in the mornings," he said. "That's when I mourn. I feel around… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“I watched him now, his hands working gingerly, as if he were learning to use them for the first time. He could… — 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
“ALS is like a lit candle: it melts your nerves and leaves your body a pile of wax.. you cannot support yourself… — 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
You say you should have died instead of me. But during my time on earth, people died instead of me, too. It… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“I was astonished by his complete lack of self-pity. Morrie, who could no longer dance, swim, bathe, or walk; Morrie, who could… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“People scooped up these tabloids, devoured their gossip.. But now, for some reason, I found myself thinking about Morrie whenever I read… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“That was the end of his driving.. That was the end of his walking free.. That was the end of his privacy..… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“But I can sit here with my dwindling days and look at what I think is important in life. I have both… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“For a while, we just ate like that, a sick old man, a healthy, younger man, both absorbing the quiet of the… — 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
