Dying, Morris suddenly said, is only one thing to be sad over, Mitch. Living unhappily is something else. So many of the people who come to visit me are unhappy.Why?Well, for one thing, the culture we...
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But scenery without solace is meaningless.
Before newborns open their eyes, we circle them, appearing as brilliant colors, and when they clench their tiny hands for the first time, they are actually grabbing the colors they find most appealing...
As happens with all miracles, once life goes on, those who believe retell them with wonder. Those who do not, do not.
And maybe people who only get chances to do bad, always around bad things, like us, when they finally make something good out of it, God’s happy.
All he heard was his own labored breathing, followed by an echo of that breathing. He inhaled and heard a louder inhale. He exhaled, and it exhaled too. Eddie squeezed his eyes shut. Silence is worse...
Aging is not just decay, you know. It’s growth. It’s more than the negative that you’re going to die, it’s also the positive that you understand you’re going to die, and that you live a better life be...
Don’t mean you disregard every rule of your community. I don’t go around naked, for example. I don’t run through red lights. The little things, I can obey. But the big things—how we think, what we val...
You'll come to my grave? To tell me your problems?My problems?Yes.'And you'll give me answers?I'll give you what I can. Don't I always?I picture his grave, on the hill, overlooking the pond, some litt...
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. Man alone measures time. Man alone chimes the hour. And because...
Mitch, if you’re trying to show off for people at the top, forget it. They will look down at you anyhow. And if you’re trying to show off for people at the bottom, forget it. They will only envy you....
I’ve learned this much about marriage, he said now. You get tested. You find out who you are, who the other person is, and how you accommodate or don’t.
It’s the blending of the different notes that makes the music.
I think people expect too much from marriage today, he said. They expect perfection. Every moment should be bliss. That’s TV or movies. But that is not the human experience.
I think people expect too much from marriage today he said. They expect perfection. Every moment should be a bliss. That´s TV or movies. But that is not the human experience. Like Sarah says, twenty g...
I remembered what Morrie said during our visit: The culture we have does not make people feel good about themselves. And you have to be strong enough to say if the culture doesn't work, don't buy it.
Each of us was in your life for a reason. You may not have known the reason at the time, and that is what heaven is for. For understanding your life on earth.
Each affects the other, and the other affects the next, and the world is full of stories, but the stories are all one.