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
sometimes what you miss the most is the way a loved one made you feel about yourself. — 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
If you hold back on the emotions--if you don't allow yourself to go all the way through them--you can never get to… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
I hate to be like everyone else, but I'm rooting for San Antonio because I like teams that were built the old-fashioned… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you,… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
when your time came, it came, and that was that. You might say something smart on your way out, but you might… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
It's the same thing with faith, by the way." We don't want to get stuck having to go to services all the… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways" from the book of Isaiah — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
If you hold back on the emotions--if you don't allow yourself to go all the way through them--you can never get to… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“The problem, Mitch, is that we don't believe we are as much alike as we are. Whites and blacks, Catholics and Protestants,… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others... — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
To know you're going to die, and to be prepared for it at any time. That's better. That way you can actually… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
I asked myself, 'Am I going to withdraw from the world, like most people do, or am I going to live?' I… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
We all lose somebody we care about and want to find some comforting way of dealing with it, something that will give… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
When I lacked even the self-respect to keep myself alive, she dabbed my cuts and I fell back into being a son;… — 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
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
It’s funny. I met a man once who did a lot of mountain climbing. I asked him which was harder, ascending or… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
There is no formula to relationships. They have to be negotiated in loving ways, with room for both parties, what they want… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
But my father, a thief in many ways, had robbed me of my concentration. — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
I still think there is a way to take all the mistakes that we've made as adults and put a little bit… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
Suddenly, details seemed extremely important. Details were something to grab on to, a way to insert myself into the story. — 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