Quotes by Mitch Albom

“Tell me about your family," I said. And so she did. I listened intently as my mother went through each branch of the tree. Years later, after the funeral, Maria had asked me questions about the fam...”

“The problem is that we don't believe that we are much alike as we are. Whites and blacks, Catholic and Protestants, men and women. If we saw each other as more alike, we might be very eager to join...”

“I also believe that parents, if they love you, will hold you up safely, above their swirling waters, and sometimes that means you'll never know what they endured, and you may treat them unkindly, i...”

“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. ”

“...But behind all your stories is always your mother's story, because hers is where yours begins.”

“Every family is a ghost story.”

“What do people fear most about death? I asked the reb."Fear?" he thought for a moment. 'Well, for one thing, what happens next? Where do we go? Is it what we imagined?"That's big."Yes. But there's ...”

“.. when all this started, I asked myself, 'Am I going to withdraw from the world, like most people do, or am I going to live?' I decided I'm going to live - or at least try to live - the way I want...”

“Man rarely knows his power.”

“236Understand the consequences of counting the moments.”

“There are five people you meet in heaven," the Blue Man suddenly said. "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 ...”

“The world is full of stories, but the stories are all one.”

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

“And on a cold Sunday afternoon, he was joined in his home by a small group of friends and family for a 'living funeral'. Each of them spoke and paid tribute.. Some cried. Some laughed. One woman re...”

“Things change when you're not in danger anymore.”

“Remember me for these days, not the old ones.”

“All who are born are always dying.”

“That was the end of his driving.. That was the end of his walking free.. That was the end of his privacy.. And that was the end of his secret.”

“The years after graduation hardened me into someone quite different from the strutting graduate.. headed for New York City, ready to offer the world his talent. The world, I discovered, was not all...”