It’s not contagious, you know. Death is as natural as life. It’s part of the deal we made. — 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
“He was intent on proving that the word ‘dying’ was not synonymous with ‘useless’.” — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
If you are fully alive to the prospect of dying, you really start reprioritising your life. — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“But there is a balance to it all. One withers, another grows. Birth and death are part of a whole.” — 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
“Fairness," he said, 'does not govern life and death. If it did, no good person would ever die young.” — 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
“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
“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
We all have two things in common, no matter who we are: We were born and we are going to die. — 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
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
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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“I have come to teach you that there are no random acts. That we are all connected. That you can no more… — 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
“A human textbook. Study me in my slow and patient demise. Watch what happens to me. Learn with me. Morrie would walk… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“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
I believe the biggest themes of life are put into the best focus when held up against the very sharp light of… — 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
“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