Quotes from Mitch Albom

I took my orders, too. But if i couldn't keep you alive, I thought I could at least keep you together. In the middle of a big war, you go looking for a small idea to believe in. When you find one, you hold it the way a soldier holds his crucifix when he's praying in a foxhole.

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

She had been so consumed with escaping her own misery, she hadn't considered the misery she might inflict.

Shouldn't the world stop? Don't they know what has happened to me?

The manager once called me the 'best freak' in his stable, and, sad as it sounds, I took pride in that. When you are an outcast, even a tossed stone can be cherished.

How can I be envious of where you are when I've been there myself?

A book with the genuine power to stir and comfort its readers.

But love takes many forms, and it is not the same for any man and woman. What people find then is a certain love.

So often, we push away the voices closest to us. But once they're gone, we reach for them.

Please, please, please, please, please...,, squeezing his eyes shut because it somehow made the words more pure.

Love is not revenge. It can't be thrown like a rock. And you can't create it to fix your problems. Forcing love is like picking a flower then insisting that it grow.

He explained how once we began to chime the hour, we lost the ability to be satisfied. There was always a quest for more minutes, more hours, faster progress to accomplish more in each day. The simple joy of living between sunrises was gone.

Tension of opposites.

No story sits by itself. Our lives connect like threads on a loom, interwoven in ways we never realise.

Silence was his escape, but silence is rarely a refuge. His thoughts still haunted him.

You didn't get it. Sacrifice is a part of life. It's supposed to be. It's not something to regret. It's something to aspire to. Little sacrifices. Big sacrifices. A mother works so her son can go to school. A daughter moves home to take care of her sick father. That's the thing. Sometimes when you sacrifice something precious, you're not really losing it. You're just passing it on to someone else.

Remember me for these days, not the old ones.

I didn't want to forget him. Maybe I didn't want him to forget me.

The dead sit at our tables long after they have gone.

Ain't you supposed to have peace when you die?' You have peace,' the old woman said, 'when you make it with yourself.

But none of us are assured of tomorrow. It's what we do with today that makes an impact.

How do people choose their final words? Do they realize their gravity? Are they fated to be wise?

What would you give to remember everything? I have this power. I absorb your memories; when you hear me, you relive them. A first dance. A wedding. The song that played when you got the big news. No other talent gives your

This time was different. The tools of this era--phones, computers--enabled people to move at a blurring pace. Yet despite all they accomplished, they were never at peace.