Mitch Albom Quotes

She was like a wound beneath an old bandage, and he had grown more used to the bandage.

I love you every day, Mom

He cried that night for all that he had lost, but he would say it taught him a valuable lesson: that holding on to things "will only break your heart.

But my father, a thief in many ways, had robbed me of my concentration.

There are many things in my life that I wish I could take back. Many moments I would recast.

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 had ever imagined.

Life has to end, love doesn't.

There are two stories for every life; the one you live & the one others tell

All I was afraid of is saying good-bye.

If you could pack for heaven, this was how you'd do it, touching everything, taking nothing.

You're not listening with your eyes.

Don't get too attached to anything.

Something is always happening somewhere.

Life goes quickly, doesn't it?

One withers, another grows.

It is no coincidence that the words 'trying' and 'dying' are only a few letters apart.

The length of your days does not belong to you.

If God wants it, it will happen.

What is it?” “A prayer.” “For a child?” She nodded. “For me?” Another nod. “On a tree?” “Trees spend all day looking up at God.

Before you measure the years, you measure the days.

This is a story about a man named Eddie and it begins at the end, with Eddie dying in the sun.

Secrets tear you apart.

Knowing heaven is what heals us on earth.

People often belittle the place where they were born.

You are not your past.

the running boy is inside every man, no matter how old he gets.

Learn what you do not know. Understand the consequences of counting the moments.

Getting old we can deal with. Being old is the problem

He did not know that the child who had asked for yesterday was now seeking to own tomorrow.

Sometimes, questions are more hurtful than insults.

Strangers are family you haven't recognize yet

What in life can love not penetrate?

As children grow, they gravitate to their fates.

But common sense has no place in first love and never has.

There is a reason God limits man's days.

Never tell a child that something it's too hard

I am every age, up to my own.

No one gets left behind, remember?

But hurting ourselves to inflict pain on others is just another cry to be loved.

Things that happen before you are born still affect you and people who come before your time affect you as well.

Your voice will come. We all go through the same thing. You cannot talk when you first arrive." He smiled. "It helps you listen.

We do not realize the sound the world makes -- unless, of course, it comes to a stop. Then, when it starts, it sounds like an orchestra.

The basis of everything, of all knowledge, is the ability to read.

Lost love is still love.

Man wants to own his existence. But no one owns time.

Critics have a problem with sentimentality. Readers do not. I write for readers.

It's always difficult to watch someone you love die.

There is nothing more fun than hanging around with friends and banging on instruments. Anyone who has ever done it knows that this is true.

Got an hour or two? That's all it takes for one of my books.

Time," the Captain said, "is not what you think." He sat down next to Eddie. "Dying? Not the end of everything. We think it is. But what happens on earth is only the beginning.