Mitch Albom

“The fact is, there is no foundation, no secure ground, upon which people may stand today if it isn’t the family. If you don’t have the support and love and caring and concern that you get fr...”

“Look, no matter where you live, the biggest defect we human beings have is our shortsightedness. We don’t see what we could be. We should be looking at our potential, stretching ourselves in...”

“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 ‘...”

“But she wasn’t around, and that’s the thing when your parents die, you feel like instead of going in to every fight with backup, you are going into every fight alone.”

“I hope you never hear those words. Your mom. She died. They are different than other words. They are too big to fit in your ears. They belong to some strange, heavy, powerful language that p...”

“It’s not contagious, you know. Death is as natural as life. It’s part of the deal we made.”

“Dying is only one thing to be sad over. Living unhappily is something else.”

“Instead, he would make death his final project, the center point of his days. Since everyone was going to die, he could be of great value, right? He could be research. A human textbook. Stud...”

“Maybe death is the great equalizer, the one big thing that can finally make strangers shed a tear for one another.”

“Your father was no longer a young man. he was already in his fifties.' Fifty-six,' Eddie said blankly. Fifty-six,' the old woman repeated. 'His body had been weakened, the ocean had left him...”

“when he smiles it's as if you'd just told him the first joke on earth.”

“What is false about hope?”

“Hopeless change be contagious, but hope can be too. And there is no medicine to match it.”

“Hopelessness can be contagious, but hope can be too. And there is no medicine to match it.”

“Faith is about doing. You are how you act, not just how you believe.”

“Love- the infatuation kind- 'he's so handsome, she's so beautiful'- that can shrivel. As soon as something goes wrong, that kind of love can fly out the window.”

“You closed your eyes. That was the difference. Sometimes you cannot believe what you see, you have to believe what you feel. And if you are ever going to have other people trust you, you mus...”

“People often belittle the place where they were born but heaven can be found in the most unlikely places.”

“I took my orders, too. But if i couldn't keep you alive, I thought I could at least keep you together. In the middle of a big war, you go looking for a small idea to believe in. When you fin...”

“But none of us are assured of tomorrow. It's what we do with today that makes an impact.”