You count the hours you could have spent with your mother. It's a lifetime in itself. — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
It's nice that you spend a day with your mother,' she said. "Children should do it more often. — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
There's a story behind everything..but behind all your stories is always your mother's story..because hers is where yours begins. — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“Why do you want to die?' I shivered. For a second I couldn't breathe. 'You knew...?' She gave a sad smile. 'I'm… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
My mother was French Protestant, and my father was Italian Catholic, and their union was an excess of God, guilt and sauce. — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
When you look into your mother’s eyes, you know that is the purest love you can find on this earth. — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“But then, I knew so little about my mother over the last decade of her life. I had been too wrapped up… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“A mother's voice is like no other. We recognize every lilt and whisper, every warble or shriek.” — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“I believe that. All divorce does is divert you, taking you away from everything you thought you knew and everything you thought… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
I believe he died this way on purpose. I believe he wanted no chilling moments, no one to witness his last breath… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
Mothers support certain illusions about their children, and one of my illusions was that I liked who I was, because she did.… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
He never spoke of that night again, not to your mother, not to anyone else. He was ashamed for her, for Mickey,… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
Sacrifice is a part of life. It’s supposed to be. It’s not something to regret. It’s something to aspire to. Little sacrifices.… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
But there's a story behind everything. How a picture got on a wall. How a scar got on your face. Sometimes the… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
I don't know what it is about food your mother makes for you, especially when it's something that anyone can make -… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
The truth is, when our mothers held us, rocked us, stroked our heads -none of us ever got enough of that. We… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
Parents rarely let go of their children, so children let go of them. They move on. They move away. The moments that… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
A little girl came home from school with a drawing she'd made in class.She danced into the kitchen ,where her mother was… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“She wanted to blame him, to blame her whole rotton existence. But seeing Ethan, seeing her mother, seeing the world after the… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
In college, I had a course in Latin, and one day the word "divorce" came up. I always figured it came from… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
...fairness," he said, "does not govern life and death. if it did, no good person would ever die." "Strangers," the Blue Man… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
Tell me about your family," I said. And so she did. I listened intently as my mother went through each branch of… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“But behind all your stories is always your mother's story, because hers is where yours begins.” — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
I made the wrong choice ," I whispered. My mother shook her head. "A child should never have to choose. — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“Going back to something is harder than you think." I don't suppose I could have broken my mother's heart any more if… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“Behind all your stories is always your mother's story. Because hers is where yours begin.” — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
A child embarrassed by his mother,” she said, “is just a child who hasn’t lived long enough. — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“I saw in her expression that old, unshakable mountain of concern. And I realized when you look at your mother, you are… — 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
“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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
