Whenever you have two characters in a book, whether it's a novel or nonfiction, you run the risk that the reader is going to like one more than the other. They're going to read one chapter and say, 'I can't wait to get back to the other guy. Mitch Albom More Quotes by Mitch Albom More Quotes From Mitch Albom Once heaven is done with grandma, we'd like her back, thanks. Mitch Albom grandma done heaven Holding anger is a poison. It eats you from the inside. We think that hating is a weapon that attacks the person who harmed us. But hatred is a curved blade. And the harm we do, we do to ourselves. Forgive, Edward. Forgive...no one is born with anger. And when we die, the soul is freed of it. But now, here, in order to move on, you must understand why you felt what you did, and why you no longer need to feel it.' She touched his hand. 'You need to forgive your father.' ~pgs 141-142 Mitch Albom hate father moving The most important elements of faith [are] believing in something bigger than yourself, taking care of those less fortunate than you. Mitch Albom elements important believe But our eyes are different, what you see ain't what I see. Mitch Albom different eye Knowing something and understanding it were not the same thing. Mitch Albom knowing-something understanding knowing Belief, hard work, love–you have those things, you can do anything. Mitch Albom hard-work belief love-you The news of life is carried via telephone. A baby's birth, a couple engaged, a tragic car accident on a late night highway - most milestones of the human journey, good or bad, are foreshadowed by the sound of a ringing. Mitch Albom couple baby night Consider the word “time.” We use so many phrases with it. Pass time. Waste time. Kill time. Lose time. In good time. About time. Take your time. Save time. A long time. Right on time. Out of time. Mind the time. Be on time. Spare time. Keep time. Stall for time. There are as many expressions with “time” as there are minutes in a day. But once, there was no word for it at all. Because no one was counting. Then Dor began. And everything changed. Mitch Albom expression mind long Have you ever really had a teacher? One who saw you as a raw but precious thing, a jewel that, with wisdom, could be polished to a proud shine? Mitch Albom tuesdays-with-morrie jewels teacher Sometimes when you sacrifice something precious, you're not really losing it. You're just passing it on to someone else. Mitch Albom sacrifice losing positive Everyone knows they re going to die,' he said again, 'but nobody believes it. If we did, we would do things differently. Mitch Albom knows said believe People are only mean when they're threatened, and that's what our culture does. That's what our economy does. Mitch Albom doe mean people I don't know what it is about food your mother makes for you, especially when it's something that anyone can make - pancakes, meat loaf, tuna salad - but it carries a certain taste of memory. Mitch Albom mother food memories Happiness in a tablet. This is our world. Prozac. Daxil. Xanax. Billions are spent to advertise such drugs. And billions are spent purchasing them. You don't even need a specific trauma, just 'general depression' is enough, or anxiety, as if sadness is as treatable as the common cold. Mitch Albom xanax our-world sadness A man who can take anything will find most things unsatisfying. And a man without memories is just a shell. Mitch Albom shells men memories Sometimes, when you are not getting the love you want, giving makes you think you will. Mitch Albom love-you giving thinking As mankind grew obsessed with its hours, the sorrow of lost time became a permanent hole in the human heart. People fretted over missed chances, over inefficient days; they worried constantly about how long they would live, because counting life’s moments had led, inevitably, to counting them down. Soon, in every nation and in every language, time became the most precious commodity. Mitch Albom heart long people This is the greatest gift God can give you: to understand what happened in your life. To have it explained. It is the peace you have been searching for. Mitch Albom happened giving life No story sits by itself, Sometimes stories meet at corners and sometimes they cover one another completely, like stones beneath a river. Mitch Albom stones stories rivers I give myself a good cry if I need it, but then I concentrate on all good things still in my life. Mitch Albom cry giving needs
