Quotes from Mitch Albom

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

She had a bottomless well of love for me.

There are a few rules I know to be true about love and marriage... Your values must be alike. And the biggest one of those values, Mitch?" Yes? "Your belief in the importance of your marriage.

Love each other or die.

That kind of love - the kind you realize you already have by the life you've created together - that's the kind that lasts.

I'm in love with hope.

Love is the only rational act.

Kids chase the love that eludes them, and for me, that was my father's love. He kept it tucked away, like papers in a briefcase. And I kept trying to get in there.

Detroit is a place where we've had it pretty tough. But there is a generosity here and a well of kindness that goes deep.

The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning.

Anyone who tries to write a memoir needs to keep in mind that what's interesting to you isn't necessarily interesting to a reader.

There is a big confusion in this country over what we want verses what we need...you need food. You want a chocolate sundae.

Because when the world quiets to the sound of your own breathing, we all want the same things: comfort, love, and a peaceful heart.

Every day, have a little bird on your shoulder that asks, 'Is today the day? Am I ready? Am I doing all I need to do? Am I being the person i want to be? Is today the day I die?

In business people negotiate to win. They negotiate to get what they want. Love is different. Love is when you are as concerned about someone else's situation as you are about your own.

Sometimes, when you are not getting the love you want, giving makes you think you will.

We all lose somebody we care about and want to find some comforting way of dealing with it, something that will give us a little closure, a little peace.

Having more does not keep you from wanting more.

Nothing haunts us like the things we don't say.

there are a few rules I know to be true about love and marriage: If you don't respect the other person, you're gonna have a lot of trouble. If you don't know how to compromise, you're gonna have a lot of trouble. If you can't talk openly about what goes on between you, you're gonna have a lot of trouble. And if you don't have a common set of values in life, you're gonna have a lot of trouble. Your values must be alike.

It is never too late or too soon. It is when it is supposed to be.

Learn this from me. Holding anger is a poison. It eats you from inside. We think that hating is a weapon that attacks the person who harmed us. But hatred is a curved blade. And the harm we do, we do to ourselves.

I give myself a good cry if I need it, but then I concentrate on all good things still in my life.

Heaven can be found in the most unlikely corners.