Mitch Albom Quotes

He was intent on proving that the word dying was not synonymous with useless.

He was near tears, 'Who do I blame?' he kept asking me. 'There is no God.I can only blame myself.' The Reb's face tightened, as if in pain. That, he said, softly, is a terrible self-indictment.

Heaven can be found in the most unlikely corners.

His father, who for years had refused to speak to Eddie, now lacked the strength to even try. He watched his son with heavy-lidded eyes. Eddie, after struggling to find even one sentence to say, did t...

Holding onto things will only break your heart

How can you ever be prepared to die?Do what the Buddhists do. 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 am Music. And I am here for the soul of Frankie Presto. Not all of it. Just the rather large part he took from me when he came into this world. However well used, I am a loan, not a possession. You...

I believe he died this way on purpose. I believe he wanted no chilling moments, no one to witness his last breath and be haunted by it, the way he had been haunted by his mother's death-notice telegra...

I made such a fool of myself, she lamented.Love does not make you a fool.He didn’t love me back.That does not make you a fool, either.

I mourn my dwindling time, but i cherish the chance it gives me to make things right.

I see your face in every flower, your eyes in stars above, it’s just the thought of you, the very thought of you, my love…

I split my adolescence between the pulpy smell of books, which was my mother’s passion, and the leathery smell of baseball gloves, which was my father’s.

I think people believe what they want to believe.

I thought about all the people I knew who spent many of their waking hours feeling sorry for themselves. How useful it would be to put a daily limit on self-pity. Just a few tearful minutes, then on w...

I thought you were a narcissist.Koppel burst into laughter.I'm too ugly to be a narcissist, he said.

I traded lots of dreams for a bigger paycheck, and I never even realized I was doing it.

I'm too ugly to be a narcissist.

If earthly mortals were being contacted by souls in heaven, Tess, a Catholic, had been the first.

If you're trying to show off for people at the top, forget it. They will look down on you anyhow. And if you're trying to show off for people at the bottom, forget it. They will only envy you. Status...

It's such a big world, She'd say wistfully. Something is always happening somewhere.