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Mitch Albom Quotes - Page 17

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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. Worse than an unanswered

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." Worse than an unanswered prayer? "Oh yes. It is far more comforting to think God listened and said no, than to think that nobody's out there.

Prayer, Pain, Thinking

Mitch Albom (2009). “Have a Little Faith: A True Story”, Hyperion

I never hear anything about education. Education - I guess it's just not sexy enough. And everybody claims to love their children and our children are the most important thing, but if that's the case, how come we never hear more about education as an election issue?

Sexy, Children, Issues

Source: www.npr.org

I would lying if I said I would laugh in the face of death.

Lying, Laughing, Faces

You count the hours you could have spent with your mother. It's a lifetime in itself.

Mom, Mother, Lifetime

Mitch Albom (2009). “For One More Day”, p.101, Hachette UK

As long as we can love each other, and remember the feeling of love we had, we can die without ever really going away.

Long, Feelings, Going Away

Mitch Albom (2007). “Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson”, p.174, Broadway Books

Being here in Detroit, our public education in this city is - it's shocking. And the oversight of it and the oversight of the teachers and the funding is nonexistent, and the priority that's put on it is so low.

Teacher, Cities, Priorities

"Non-Politicians Talking Politics: Sports Writer Mitch Albom On 2016 Election". Interview with Scott Simon, publicradioeast.org. October 22, 2016.

You're not going to fix things by helping 65-year-olds or 75-year-olds for any long run.

Running, Years, Long

"Non-Politicians Talking Politics: Sports Writer Mitch Albom On 2016 Election". Interview with Scott Simon, publicradioeast.org. October 22, 2016.

It was sad, the imbalance of it all. Why do kids assume so much from one parent and hold the other to a lower, looser standard?

Kids, Parent, Imbalance

Mothers support certain illusions about their children, and one of my illusions was that I liked who I was, because she did. When she passed away, so did that idea.

Mother, Children, Ideas

When he went blundering back to God, His songs half written, his work half done, Who knows what paths his bruised feet trod, What hills of peace or pain he won? I hope God smiled and took his hand, And said, "Poor truant, passionate fool! Life’s book is hard to understand: Why couldst thou not remain at school?" A poem by Charles Hanson Towne

Song, Pain, Book

Mitch Albom (2009). “For One More Day”, p.11, Hachette UK

Take one story, viewed from two different angles. It is the same day, the same moment, but one angle ends happily... and the other ends badly.

Two, Different, Stories

Sometimes you have to do things when sad things happen.

Sometimes, Happens, Sad Things

Mitch Albom (2009). “The Five People You Meet In Heaven”, p.32, Hachette UK

No. You can't work your way into heaven. Anytime you try and justify yourself with works, you disqualify yourself with works. What I do here, every day, for the rest of my life, is only my way of saying, 'Lord, regardless of what eternity holds for me, let me give something back to you. I know it doesn't even no scorecard. But let me make something of my life before I go.. and then, Lord, I'm at your mercy.

Giving, Heaven, Trying

when your time came, it came, and that was that. You might say something smart on your way out, but you might just as easily say something stupid.

Smart, Stupid, Might

Mitch Albom (2009). “Tuesdays With Morrie: An old man, a young man, and life's greatest lesson”, p.116, Hachette UK

She was like a wound beneath an old bandage, and he had grown more used to the bandage.

Used, Bandages, Wounds

Death doesn't just take someone, it misses someone else, and in the small distance between being taken and being missed, lives are changed.

Missing Someone, Distance, Taken

Most of us all walk around as if we're sleepwalking. We really don't experience the world fully, because we're half-asleep, doing things we automatically think we have to do.

Thinking, Half, World

Mitch Albom (2007). “Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson”, p.83, Broadway Books

My own father didn't talk a lot about feelings or emotions.

Father, Feelings, Emotion

Nobody's favorite movie is some dark, dysfunctional slasher story. Everybody's favorite song is a sentimental song. So why all of a sudden is it bad to be sentimental in books?

Song, Book, Dark

A memoir should have some uplifting quality, inspiring or illuminating, and that's what separates a life story that can influence other people.

Uplifting, Should Have, People

my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways" from the book of Isaiah

Bible, Book, Way

Instead, he would make death his final project, the center point of his days. Since everyone was going to die, he could be of great value, right? He could be research. A human textbook. Study me in my slow and patient demise. Watch what happens to me. Learn with me.

Watches, Finals, Textbooks

Mitch Albom (2007). “Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson”, p.10, Broadway Books

Anyone who tries to write a memoir needs to keep in mind that what's interesting to you isn't necessarily interesting to a reader.

Writing, Interesting, Mind

You may not have known the reason at the time, and that is what heaven is for. For understanding your life on earth.

Heaven, Understanding, Earth

"The Five People You Meet In Heaven". Book by Mitch Albom, 2003.

We all have two things in common, no matter who we are: We were born and we are going to die.

Two, Who We Are, Matter

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