--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: Still what I miss most, simple and maybe…" description: "\"“Still what I miss most, simple and maybe selfish as it sounds, is the twinkle in Morrie's eyes when I came in the room. But When someone is happy-genu..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/432/mitch-albom-187_going-home_still-what-i-miss-most-simple-and-maybe_807356.jpg" --- # Still what I miss most, simple and maybe selfish as it… ![“Still what I miss most, simple and maybe selfish as it sounds, is the twinkle in Morrie's eyes when I came in the room. But When someone is happy-genuninely happy-to see you, it melts you from the start. It is like going home.” quote by Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/432/mitch-albom-187_going-home_still-what-i-miss-most-simple-and-maybe_807356.jpg) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/432/mitch-albom-187_going-home_still-what-i-miss-most-simple-and-maybe_807356.jpg) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/432/mitch-albom-187_going-home_still-what-i-miss-most-simple-and-maybe_807356.jpg) > ““Still what I miss most, simple and maybe selfish as it sounds, is the twinkle in Morrie's eyes when I came in the room. But When someone is happy-genuninely happy-to see you, it melts you from the start. It is like going home.”” [Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/) ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. Seeing genuine happiness in someone you love feels like returning home, offering deep emotional comfort. **In simple terms:** Seeing true happiness feels like home. Key Takeaway Seek and cherish sincere joy. Themes love joy homecoming Mood warm nostalgic Type inspirational reflective When to use this quote - friendship - family gatherings - caregiving Key Concepts empathy human connection Questions to Reflect On - How do you create moments of genuine joy? - What does “home” mean in relationships? A Different Perspective Happiness may be fleeting; reliance on others can cause vulnerability. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet [Going home](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/going-home/) ## Related quotes > [People think I'm nuts because I can sit in a room and be happy by myself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tori-amos/people-think-i-m-nuts-because-i-can-sit-in-a-room-and-be-happy-by/) [Tori Amos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tori-amos/) > [We don't have the time to completely be ourselves. We only have the room to be happy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/we-don-t-have-the-time-to-completely-be-ourselves-we-only-have-the/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) > [I had walked into that reading-room a happy, healthy man. I crawled out a decrepit wreck.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerome-k-jerome/i-had-walked-into-that-reading-room-a-happy-healthy-man-i-crawled-out/) [Jerome K. Jerome](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerome-k-jerome/) > [If you're doing what you do because you love it, you have room to be happy for others. And that's a lot of fun,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandra-petri/if-you-re-doing-what-you-do-because-you-love-it-you-have-room-to-be/) [Alexandra Petri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandra-petri/) > [“We went back into the drawing room. The evening had passes pleasantly enough, heaven knows, but I was glad that they had gone and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daphne-du-maurier/we-went-back-into-the-drawing-room-the-evening-had-passes-pleasantly/) [Daphne du Maurier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daphne-du-maurier/) > [“I love the stillness of a room, after a party. The chairs are moved, the cushions disarranged, everything is there to show that people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daphne-du-maurier/i-love-the-stillness-of-a-room-after-a-party-the-chairs-are-moved-the/) [Daphne du Maurier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daphne-du-maurier/) > [At the end of the day, if we don't win that game, we're going home, anyway, so what does it matter. I just wanted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clayton-kershaw/at-the-end-of-the-day-if-we-don-t-win-that-game-we-re-going-home/) [Clayton Kershaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clayton-kershaw/) > [Where are we really going? Always home.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/novalis/where-are-we-really-going-always-home/) [Novalis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/novalis/) > [If we offer something to Bangladesh, it's obvious that Bangladesh is offering something to us. And why shouldn't Bangladesh be able to keep its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/indira-gandhi/if-we-offer-something-to-bangladesh-it-s-obvious-that-bangladesh-is/) [Indira Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/indira-gandhi/) > [I love going home to Belfast on weekend breaks from training.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-frampton/i-love-going-home-to-belfast-on-weekend-breaks-from-training/) [Carl Frampton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-frampton/) > [“We are going home (we are Home, already and always). Home on this earth is being all levels of our awareness or consciousness in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-l-whitfield/we-are-going-home-we-are-home-already-and-always-home-on-this-earth/) [Charles L. 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And yet, there on that dark…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/i-d-been-running-for-years-there-was-nothing-scarier-to-me-than-to/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) > [I can't imagine having to it to walk into murder scenes, and then trying to let that go, at the end of the day,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-greene/i-can-t-imagine-having-to-it-to-walk-into-murder-scenes-and-then/) [Sarah Greene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-greene/) > [Ireland's always going to be my home, but so much is filmed in L.A., so you have to spend time out here.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-bolger/ireland-s-always-going-to-be-my-home-but-so-much-is-filmed-in-l-a-so/) [Sarah Bolger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-bolger/) ## 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. 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And yet, there on that dark…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/i-d-been-running-for-years-there-was-nothing-scarier-to-me-than-to/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) > [Going home and just seeing what a mess youth baseball was was an eye-opener. I just want to make it a better game.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-halladay/going-home-and-just-seeing-what-a-mess-youth-baseball-was-was-an-eye/) [Roy Halladay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-halladay/) > [“We are going home (we are Home, already and always). Home on this earth is being all levels of our awareness or consciousness in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-l-whitfield/we-are-going-home-we-are-home-already-and-always-home-on-this-earth/) [Charles L. 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I just wanted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clayton-kershaw/at-the-end-of-the-day-if-we-don-t-win-that-game-we-re-going-home/) [Clayton Kershaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clayton-kershaw/) > [“Romance is about putting things aright after some tragedy has put them asunder. It is about restoration of the right relations among things —…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-bartlett-giamatti/romance-is-about-putting-things-aright-after-some-tragedy-has-put/) [A. Bartlett Giamatti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-bartlett-giamatti/) > [“Going home does not come naturally to me. If my father's medium was silence, mine had tended to be escape. But there's no future…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/holly-hughes/going-home-does-not-come-naturally-to-me-if-my-father-s-medium-was/) Holly Hughes > [What motivates me is seeing people in the crowd and wondering what they're going home to and what they're dealing with, and knowing that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hayley-williams/what-motivates-me-is-seeing-people-in-the-crowd-and-wondering-what/) [Hayley Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hayley-williams/) > [My parents loved me, and I think they realized that I was probably not going to have a normal 9-to-5 job. For the longest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-wu/my-parents-loved-me-and-i-think-they-realized-that-i-was-probably-not/) [Jason Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-wu/) > [Kids put life into perspective. I never have a bad day. 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