Mitch Albom Quotes

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• If you're always battling against getting older, you're always going to be unhappy, because it's going to happen anyhow.
• I believe that you live on inside the hearts and minds of everyone you've touched while you were here on earth.
• People are only mean when they're threatened, and that's what our culture does. That's what our economy does.
• We all lose somebody we care about and want to find some comforting way of dealing with it, something that will give us a little…
• I believe the biggest themes of life are put into the best focus when held up against the very sharp light of mortality.
• For better or for worse, I've watched people die in front of me. I see how they are in the end. And they're not cynical.…
• I used to be a classic workaholic, and after seeing how little work and career really mean when you reach the end of your life,…
• Detroit is a place where we've had it pretty tough. But there is a generosity here and a well of kindness that goes deep.
• The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself…
• For years I wrote in my basement. More recently I graduated to one floor above, an office with all my books and music and -…
• You're not a wave, you're a part of the ocean.
• I don't know about Heaven or Hell, but I do know that we are visited all the time by the spirits of those who affected…
• Nobody's favorite movie is some dark, dysfunctional slasher story. Everybody's favorite song is a sentimental song. So why all of a sudden is it bad…
• A memoir should have some uplifting quality, inspiring or illuminating, and that's what separates a life story that can influence other people.
• Anyone who tries to write a memoir needs to keep in mind that what's interesting to you isn't necessarily interesting to a reader.
• I had a very high-grade publisher tell me I was incapable of writing a memoir.
• I was a workaholic. I never stopped. I lived in fifth gear. I bought cars. I invested in stocks. I made more money than I…
• This is a story about a man named Eddie and it begins at the end, with Eddie dying in the sun.
• I find interesting characters or lessons that resonate with people and sometimes I write about them in the sports pages, sometimes I write them in…
• Because when the world quiets to the sound of your own breathing, we all want the same things: comfort, love, and a peaceful heart.

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