Quotes from Mitch Albom

And many of these patients were well-off, from rich families, so their wealth did not buy them happiness or contentment. It was a lesson he never forgot.

My mother had been all over me as a kid—advice, criticism, the whole smothering mothering thing. There were times I wished she would leave me alone. But then she did. She died. No more visits, no more phone calls.

This is my heaven," Cleo said. "Watching people come home?" Annie asked. "Feeling the joy when they do. Souls reuniting. It's something divine." "But it happens every day." Cleo tilted her head. "Don't divine things happen every day?

Yet all around you, timekeeping is ignored. Birds are not late. A dog does not check its watch. Deer do not fret over passing birthdays.

respected man once said, that the

Before he can devote himself to God or a woman, a boy will devote himself to his father, even foolishly, even beyond explanation.

With the chance to do what none in life ever get to do, he did not waver. He changed the history of his footsteps.

The stories we tell yourselves long enough become our truths

Only God can write the end of your story. God has left me alone, Dor said. The old man shook his head. You were never alone.

He almost told her everything right then, that very moment. But you grab a moment, or you let it pass. He let it pass. "Me

Did you know a crab will escape its shell thrity times before it dies? This world can be a trying place...sometimes you have to shed who you were to live who you are.

wearing a scarf and gloves, her blond hair tucked under a hat. "Are you done with that actress?

With his power over time, For could have taken anything he desired from this new world. But a man who can take anything will find most things unsatisfying. And a man without memories is just a shell.

A woman has been chosen. The gift of heaven on earth. This will become the biggest story in the world. Coldwater, Michigan. Ask a man of God. One call will confirm everything.

One small step for frog, one giant leap for the two of us.

Dor remembered Victor's voice. And while they deepen with age, voices are, to one destined to listen for eternity, as distinct as a fingerprint. Dor knew it was him the moment Victor spoke in the shop.

You know how it is--you get used to something, people rely on you, one day you wake up and you can't tell Tuesday from Thursday. You're doing the same boring stuff, you're a 'ride man

The next morning, shortly after sunrise, the Reb was awakened for a sponge bath. It was quiet and early. The nurse bathed him gently, and he was singing and humming to her, alive with the day. Then his head slumped and his music stopped forever.

If you truly love someone, you'll find a way back.

And you will be scared again. All your life. You must conquer this. Face them and pretend that aren't there

We fear loneliness, Annie, but loneliness itself does not exist. It has no form. It is merely a shadow that falls over us. And just as shadows die when light changes, that sad feeling can depart once we see the truth." "What's the truth?" Annie asked. "That the end of loneliness is when someone needs you." The old woman smiled. "And the world is so full of need." *

But scenery without solace is meaningless.

received its first phone call from heaven, Tess Rafferty

He did not know that the child who had asked for yesterday was now seeking to own tomorrow. Victor never prayed