Quotes from Mitch Albom

Silence enhances music. What you do not play can sweeten what you do. But it is not the same with words. What you do not say can haunt you.

We must be open to God's miracles.

Come to me, you who are weary and burdened, and I will grant you rest. (Matthew 11:28)

I meant no disrespect. It's just that I had always felt that rabbis, priests, pastors, any cleric, really, lived on a plane between mortal ground and heavenly sky. God up there. Us down here. Them in between.

If you accept that you can die at any time - then you might not be as ambitious as you are

How do you let go of anger? How do you release a fury you've been standing on for so long, you would stumble if it were yanked away? As Sully sat in his old room, holding the letter, he felt himself lifting off from his bitterness, the way one lifts off in a dream. Elliot Gray, an enemy for so long, was now seen differently, a man forgivable for his mistake.

some things you endure for a reason

You're afraid of the pain, you're afraid of the grief. You're afraid of the vulnerability that loving entails.

Remember this, Francisco," he said. "The secret is not to make your music louder, but to make the world quieter.

I snicker, but the idea is momentarily appealing. Part of me is scared of leaving school. Part of me wants to go desperately. Tension of opposites.

When we build, we build on the shoulders of those who came before us. And when we fall apart, those who came before us help put us back together.

the stories we tell ourselves long enough become our truths.

Taffy. He thinks about taffy. He thinks it would take his teeth out now, but he would eat it anyhow, if it meant eating it with her.

The greatest thing, you'll ever learn Is just to love, and be loved in return.

The things you spend so much time on--all this work you do--might not seem as important. You might have to make room for some more spiritual things.

Loss is as old as life itself. But for all our evolution, we are yet to accept it.

And while she didn't know it then, she was learning another truth about love: it comes when it comes. Simple as that.

He didn't understand depression. To him it was weakness.

What about a man who sits down to wonder Why life has cheated him? Thinks about his situation Hangs his head and cries Will we pretend, his problems don't exist? He's reaching out for help-will we selfishly resist? What about your brother? He's crying What about your brother? He's dying What about your brother?

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

All the people you meet here have one thing to teach you. Eddie was skeptical. His fists stayed clenched. What? he said. That there are no random acts. That we are all connected. That you can no more separate one life from another than you can separate a breeze from the wind.

Be satisfied. Be grateful. For what you have. For what the love you received. And for what God has given you

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

Still, I never considered what I would do if I called for the Lord and He actually appeared before me.