Quotes from Mitch Albom

But a man who can take anything will find most things unsatisfying.

Survive this voyage. And once you do, find another soul in despair.

I think people believe what they want to believe.

This is part of what a family is about, not just love, but letting others know there's someone who is watching out for them. It's what I missed so much when my mother died—what I call your 'spiritual security'—knowing that your family will be there watching out for you. Nothing else will give you that. Not money. Not fame." He shot me a look. "Not work," he added.

Her divorced friends had made a pact not to leave each other alone on nights when loneliness had extra strength.

I hope that one day you will think of me as your friend.

All lonely roads lead back to music. I embrace you. I forgive you. I will never leave you.

sometimes those stories, like the presence of the Lord, are hard to believe. Unless believing is what makes them true.

What a waste.. All those people saying all those wonderful things, and Irv never got to hear any of it.

But none of us are assured of tomorrow. It's what we do with today that makes an impact. Chika filled every day. She drank it in. She lived it up. And always, always, she affected someone, most often by making them smile.

One must indeed test the strings in this life, bounce the bow, wet the mouthpiece, prepare for the deeper music that follows.

Just because you see things straight doesn't mean you see them in time.

the mystery of death is why it chooses a particular moment. With no earthly answer, coincidence can become conspiracy.

Is this all? Is this all I want? Is something missing?

Each time we talk, he listens to me ramble, then he tries to pass on some sort of life lesson. He warns me that money is not the most important thing, contrary to the popular view on campus. He tells me I need to be fully human. He speaks of the alienation of youth and the need for connectedness with the society around me.

The very thought of you and I forget to do the little ordinary things that everyone ought to do…

Does this prove what we believe? If you believe it, you don't need proof.

The way you get meaning into life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning. (43)

Lost love is still love, Eddie. It takes a different form, that's all. You can't see their smile or bring them food or tousle their hair or move them around a dance floor. But when those senses weaken, another heightens. Memory. Memory becomes your partner. You nurture it. You hold it. You dance with it. Life has to end, she said. Love doesn't.

The power of misery is its long shadow. It darkens everything within view.

I had also developed my own culture. Work. Over the years, I had taken labor as my companion and had moved everything else to the side.

Let it come in. We think we don't deserve love, we think if we let it in we'll become too soft. But a wise man named Levine said it right. He said 'Love is the only rational act.

Fairness does not govern life and death.

Morrie closed his eyes to absorb the notes. As my wife's loving voice filled the room, a crescent smile appeared 0n his face. And while his body was stiff as a sandbag, you could almost see him dancing inside it.