That there are no random acts. That we are all connected. That you can no more separate one life from another than you can separate a breeze from the wind.Eddie shook his head. We were throwing a ball...
Sometimes when you sacrifice something precious, you’re not really losing it. You’re just passing it on to someone else. The
Sometimes during the night, your father awakened. He rose from his bed, staggered across the room, and found the strength to raise the window sash. He called your mother's name with what little voice...
Some of them she had seen for four years without exchanging a word. But that was how high school worked; it issued a verdict and you behaved accordingly.
So many people are in pain—no matter how smart or accomplished—they cry, they yearn, they hurt. But instead of looking down on things, they look up, which is where I should have been looking, too. Bec...
Scenery without solace is meaningless.
Sarah dragged her wreckage back to the house, up to her bedroom, and down intoa deep dark hole.
Same for loneliness: you let go, let the tears flow, feel it completely--but eventually be able to say, All right, that was my moment of loneliness. I'm not afraid of feeling lonely, but now I'm goin...
Please, please, please, please, please...,, squeezing his eyes shut because it somehow made the words more pure.
PerdonareForgive Yourself)
People often belittle the place where they were born.
Orang-orang asing adalah keluarga yang belum kau kenal.
Or how we feel a surge of love for a partner but we don't say anything because we're frozen with the fear of what those words might do to the relationship.
Most religions warn against war, yet more wars have been fought over religion than perhaps anything else.
Morrie, I said softly. Coach, he corrected.Coach, I said. I felt a shiver. He spoke in short bursts, inhaling air, exhaling words. His voice was thin and raspy. He smelled of ointment.You ... are a go...
Morrie smiled. Mitch, you asked about caring for people I don’t even know. But can I tell you the thing I’m learning most with this disease? What’s that? The most important thing in life is to learn h...
It’s a quiet theft, how time lures people away.
It is never too late or too soon, the old man had said. It is when it is supposed to be.
Is today the day? Am I ready? Am I doing all I need to do? Am I being the person I want to be?’ He turned his head to his shoulder as if the bird were there now.
Invest in the human family. Invest in people. Build a little community of those you love and who love you.