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
It's nice that you spend a day with your mother,' she said. "Children should do it more often. — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
Bad news has no limits. We often feel it should, like a rainstorm that can't possibly get any heavier. But a storm… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
We don't see what we could be. We should be looking at our potential, stretching ourselves into everything we can become. — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
It’s not just other people we need to forgive. We also need to forgive ourselves. For all the things we didn’t do.… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
Look, no matter where you live, the biggest defect we human beings have is our shortsightedness. We don’t see what we could… — 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
You should be convinced of the authenticity of what you have, but you must also be humble enough to say that we… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
A memoir should have some uplifting quality, inspiring or illuminating, and that's what separates a life story that can influence other people. — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“Life is a series of pulls back and forth. You want to do one thing, but you are bound to do something… — 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
You can feel the whole world and still feel lost in it. So many people are in pain-- no matter how smart… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
There is no experience like having children.’ That’s all. There is no substitute for it. You cannot do it with a friend.… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
If we tend to the things that are important in life, if we are right with those we love, and behave in… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
You can't get stuck on what should have happened. That doesn't help you. — 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
We need to forgive ourselves. For all the things we didn't do. All the things we should have done. You can't get… — 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
