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title: "28 Said Quotes By Mitch Albom"
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> [You have peace," the old woman said, "when you make it with yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/you-have-peace-the-old-woman-said-when-you-make-it-with-yourself/)

[Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/)

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> [I would lying if I said I would laugh in the face of death.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/i-would-lying-if-i-said-i-would-laugh-in-the-face-of-death/)

[Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/)

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> [I lived," Dor said, "but I was not alive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/i-lived-dor-said-but-i-was-not-alive/)

[Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/)

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> [You marked the minutes," the old man said. "But did you use them wisely? To be still? To cherish? To be grateful?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/you-marked-the-minutes-the-old-man-said-but-did-you-use-them-wisely/)

[Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/)

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> [No life is a waste. The only time we waste is the time we spend thinking we're alone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/no-life-is-a-waste-the-only-time-we-waste-is-the-time-we-spend/)

[Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/)

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> [It's nice that you spend a day with your mother,' she said. "Children should do it more often.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/it-s-nice-that-you-spend-a-day-with-your-mother-she-said-children/)

[Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/)

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> [You've lived through a lot of wars, I said. "Yes." Do they ever make more sense? "No.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/you-ve-lived-through-a-lot-of-wars-i-said-yes-do-they-ever-make-more/)

[Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/)

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> [No life is a waste," the Blue Man said. "The only time we waste is the time we spend thinking we're alone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/no-life-is-a-waste-the-blue-man-said-the-only-time-we-waste-is-the/)

[Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/)

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> [Everyone knows they re going to die,' he said again, 'but nobody believes it. If we did, we would do things differently.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/everyone-knows-they-re-going-to-die-he-said-again-but-nobody-believes/)

[Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/)

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> [I've always said I have one skill. That skill - if I have it at all - is storytelling.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/i-ve-always-said-i-have-one-skill-that-skill-if-i-have-it-at-all-is/)

[Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/)

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> [It is far more comforting to think God listened and said no, than to think that nobody’s out there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/it-is-far-more-comforting-to-think-god-listened-and-said-no-than-to/)

[Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/)

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> [I shot you, all right," he said, "and you lost something, but you gained something as well. You just don't know it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/i-shot-you-all-right-he-said-and-you-lost-something-but-you-gained/)

[Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/)

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> [People don’t die because of loyalty.” They don’t?” She smiled. “Religion? Government? Are we not loyal to such things, sometimes to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/people-don-t-die-because-of-loyalty-they-don-t-she-smiled-religion/)

[Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/)

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> [Sacrfice," the captain said. "You made one. I made one. We all made them. But you were angry over yours. You kept…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/sacrfice-the-captain-said-you-made-one-i-made-one-we-all-made-them/)

[Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/)

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> [Did you feel guilty cursing God--you, of all people?' No,' he said. 'Because even in doing so, I was recognizing there was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/did-you-feel-guilty-cursing-god-you-of-all-people-no-he-said-because/)

[Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/)

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> [Time," the Captain said, "is not what you think." He sat down next to Eddie. "Dying? Not the end of everything. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/time-the-captain-said-is-not-what-you-think-he-sat-down-next-to-eddie/)

[Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/)

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> [So, have we solved the secret of happiness? "I believe so," he said Are you going to tell me? "Yes.Ready?" Ready. "Be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/so-have-we-solved-the-secret-of-happiness-i-believe-so-he-said-are/)

[Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/)

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> [The fact is, there is no foundation, no secure ground, upon which people may stand today if it isn’t the family. If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/the-fact-is-there-is-no-foundation-no-secure-ground-upon-which-people-2/)

[Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/)

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> [The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in. Let it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/the-most-important-thing-in-life-is-to-learn-how-to-give-out-love-and-3/)

[Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/)

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> [There's a big confusion in this country over what we want versus what we need," Morrie said. "You need food, you want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/there-s-a-big-confusion-in-this-country-over-what-we-want-versus-what/)

[Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/)

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> [A little girl came home from school with a drawing she'd made in class.She danced into the kitchen ,where her mother was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/a-little-girl-came-home-from-school-with-a-drawing-she-d-made-in/)

[Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/)

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> [When he went blundering back to God, His songs half written, his work half done, Who knows what paths his bruised feet…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/when-he-went-blundering-back-to-god-his-songs-half-written-his-work/)

[Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/)

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> [He was near tears, 'Who do I blame?' he kept asking me. 'There is no God.I can only blame myself.'" The Reb's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/he-was-near-tears-who-do-i-blame-he-kept-asking-me-there-is-no-god-i/)

[Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/)

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> [...fairness," he said, "does not govern life and death. if it did, no good person would ever die." "Strangers," the Blue Man…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/fairness-he-said-does-not-govern-life-and-death-if-it-did-no-good/)

[Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/)

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> [Tell me about your family," I said. And so she did. I listened intently as my mother went through each branch of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/tell-me-about-your-family-i-said-and-so-she-did-i-listened-intently/)

[Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/)

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> [It’s funny. I met a man once who did a lot of mountain climbing. I asked him which was harder, ascending or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/it-s-funny-i-met-a-man-once-who-did-a-lot-of-mountain-climbing-i/)

[Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/)

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> [A child embarrassed by his mother,” she said, “is just a child who hasn’t lived long enough.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/a-child-embarrassed-by-his-mother-she-said-is-just-a-child-who-hasn-t/)

[Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/)

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> [After the Israelites safely crossed the Red Sea, the Egyptians chased after them and were drowned. God's angels wanted to celebrate the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/after-the-israelites-safely-crossed-the-red-sea-the-egyptians-chased/)

[Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/)

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## Other authors on Said

## More by Mitch Albom

> [“He wondered how it was fair that your dying should depend so much on when you were born.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/he-wondered-how-it-was-fair-that-your-dying-should-depend-so-much-on/)

[Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/)

> [“After the funeral, my life changed. I felt as if time were suddenly precious, water going down an open drain, and I could not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/after-the-funeral-my-life-changed-i-felt-as-if-time-were-suddenly/)

[Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/)

> [the words people do not speak are louder than the ones they do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/the-words-people-do-not-speak-are-louder-than-the-ones-they-do/)

[Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/)

> [“Once, lovers on faraway shores sat by candlelight and dipped ink to parchment, writing words that could not be erased. They took an evening…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/once-lovers-on-faraway-shores-sat-by-candlelight-and-dipped-ink-to/)

[Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/)

> [Giving to other people makes me feel alive. Not my car or my house. Not what I look like in the mirror. When I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/giving-to-other-people-makes-me-feel-alive-not-my-car-or-my-house-not/)

[Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/)

> [Life goes quickly, doesn't it?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/life-goes-quickly-doesn-t-it/)

[Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/)

> [As children grow, they gravitate to their fates.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/as-children-grow-they-gravitate-to-their-fates/)

[Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/)

> [“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;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/if-the-only-thing-wrong-with-moses-is-that-he-s-not-yours-if-the-only/)

[Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/sometimes-your-kids-will-say-the-nastiest-things-won-t-they-rose-you/)

[Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/)

> [“whisper their good-byes.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/whisper-their-good-byes/)

[Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/)

> [“I had also developed my own culture. Work. Over the years, I had taken labor as my companion and had moved everything else to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/i-had-also-developed-my-own-culture-work-over-the-years-i-had-taken/)

[Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/)

> [When we are most alone is when we embrace another's loneliness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/when-we-are-most-alone-is-when-we-embrace-another-s-loneliness/)

[Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/)

> [“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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/you-didn-t-get-it-sacrifice-is-a-part-of-life-it-s-supposed-to-be-it/)

[Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/i-give-myself-a-good-cry-if-i-need-it-but-then-i-concentrate-on-the/)

[Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/)

> [It was sad, the imbalance of it all. Why do kids assume so much from one parent and hold the other to a lower,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/it-was-sad-the-imbalance-of-it-all-why-do-kids-assume-so-much-from/)

[Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/)

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                        "text": "When he went blundering back to God, His songs half written, his work half done, Who knows what paths his bruised feet trod, What hills of peace or pain he won? I hope God smiled and took his hand, And said, \"Poor truant, passionate fool! Life’s book is hard to understand: Why couldst thou not remain at school?\" A poem by Charles Hanson Towne",
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                        "text": "He was near tears, 'Who do I blame?' he kept asking me. 'There is no God.I can only blame myself.'\" The Reb's face tightened, as if in pain. \"That,\" he said, softly, \"is a terrible self-indictment.\" Worse than an unanswered prayer? \"Oh yes. It is far more comforting to think God listened and said no, than to think that nobody's out there.",
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                        "text": "...fairness,\" he said, \"does not govern life and death. if it did, no good person would ever die.\" \"Strangers,\" the Blue Man said, \"are just family you have yet to come to know.\" \"sacrifice is a part of life. it is supposed to be. it's not something to regret. it's something to aspire to. little sacrifices. big sacrifices. a mother works so her son can go to school. a daughter moves home to take care of her sick father. Sometimes when you sacrifice something precious, you're not really losing it. you're just passing it on to someone else.",
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                        "text": "Tell me about your family,\" I said. And so she did. I listened intently as my mother went through each branch of the tree. Years later, after the funeral, Maria had asked me questions about the family - who was related to whom - and I struggled. I couldn't remember. A big chunk of our history had been buried with my mother. You should never let your past disappear that way.",
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