But my father, a thief in many ways, had robbed me of my concentration. — 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
My father moved through theys of we, singing each new leaf out of each tree, (and every child was sure that spring… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
You count the hours you could have spent with your mother. It's a lifetime in itself. — 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
“and that's the thing when your parents die, you feel like instead of going into every fight with backup, you are going… — 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
“another family story is forges, one that father and son will laugh about for decades. This is how a legacy is built.… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“All parents damage their children. This was their life together. Neglect. Violence. Silence.” — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“I also believe that parents, if they love you, will hold you up safely, above their swirling waters, and sometimes that means… — 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
“But Father Time is real. And, in truth, he cannot age. Beneath the unruly beard and cascading hair—signs of life, not death—his… — 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
“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
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 she wasn’t around, and that’s the thing when your parents die, you feel like instead of going in to every fight… — 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
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
“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
“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
A wind blew, and the sand around his drawing scattered. He wrapped his fingers inside his wife's, and Father Time rekindled a… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“There was a pier filled with thousands of people, men and women, fathers and mothers and children--so many children--children from the past… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“This is part of what a family is about, not just love, but letting others know there’s someone who is watching out… — 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
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
“All parents damage their children. It cannot be helped.Youth, like pristine glass, absorbs the prints of its handlers.” — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“Parents rarely let got of their children, so children let go of them. They move on. They move away.” — 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
A child embarrassed by his mother,” she said, “is just a child who hasn’t lived long enough. — 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
