Quotes from Mitch Albom

When he went blundering back to God, His songs half written, his work half done, Who knows what paths his bruised feet trod, What hills of peace or pain he won? I hope God smiled and took his hand, And said, Poor truant, passionate fool! Life's book is hard to understand: Why couldst thou not remain at school? A poem by Charles Hanson Towne

He never spoke of that night again, not to your mother, not to anyone else. He was ashamed for her, for Mickey, for himself. In the hospital, he stopped speaking altogether. Silence was his escape, but silence is rarely a refuge. His thoughts still haunted him.' ~pg 139

Love is when you are as concerned about someone else's situation as you are about your own.

We humans make so much of 'our' time on earth. We measure it, we compare it, we put it in our tombstones.

Have you ever dreamt of someone who's gone,but in the dream you have new conversation? The world you enter then is not so far from the world I'm in now.

You see this face, these wrinkles? I earned every one of them

Hati yang utuh adalah hati yang pernah patah.

Children wonder at the world. Parents wonder at their children's wonder. In so doing, we are all together young.

The distance between death and life is not as great as you imagine.

Small towns are like metronomes; with the slightest flick, the beat changes.

Man searches for courage in drink, but it is not courage that he finds, it is fear that he loses. A drunken man may step off a cliff. That does not make him brave, just forgetful.

Inside all humans is the entirety of your memories, the ones you can access and the ones you cannot.

Children are not a distraction from more important work. They are the most important work." —Dr. John Trainer

You're not getting it, Eddie gently replied. I needed to save you. It let me make up for the life I took. That's how salvation works. The wrongs we do open doors to do right.

A teacher's shadow can hover for life.

Don't be sorry. You're alive.

You were one person, and you changed the world.

Man invents nothing God did not create first.

It's not just other people we need to forgive, Mitch. He finally whispered, We also need to forgive ourselves.

When you come to the end, that's where God begins.

We all know how to be a child. It's inside all of us. For me, it's just remembering how to enjoy it.

You have one family. For good or bad. You have one family. You can't trade them in. You can't lie to them. Sticking to your family is what makes it a family.

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. Breaking waves. Whipping wind. Falling rain. Squawking birds. All throughout the universe, time resumed and nature sang.

All parents damage their children. It cannot be helped.