Mitch Albom
Mitch Albom
Mitchell David "Mitch" Albomis an American best-selling author, journalist, screenwriter, dramatist, radio and television broadcaster, and musician. His books have sold over 35 million copies worldwide. Having achieved national recognition for sports writing in the earlier part of his career, he is perhaps best known for the inspirational stories and themes that weave through his books, plays, and films...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth23 May 1958
CityPassaic, NJ
CountryUnited States of America
Mitch Albom quotes about
- snapshots
- one-true-love
- bible
- book
- way
- someone-you-love
- watches
- difficult
- happenings
- love-and-marriage
- belief
- importance
- materialistic
- granted
- loving-relationships
- skill
- measuring
- quiet-moments
- healthy
- mind
- moments
- counting
- knows
- first-love
- common-sense
- firsts
- where-you-live
- matter
- defects
- detachment
I seem to have very few casual readers, only passionate and appreciative ones.
Death doesn't just take someone, it misses someone else, and in the small distance between being taken and being missed, lives are changed.
Without love we all like birds with broken wings.
I shot you, all right," he said, "and you lost something, but you gained something as well. You just don't know it yet. I gained something, too." What?" I got to keep my promise. I didn't leave you behind.
Had he known his death was imminent, he might have gone somewhere else. Instead, he did what we all do. He went about his dull routine as if all the days in the world were still to come. ~pg 4
Something is always happening somewhere.
Things change when you're not in danger anymore.
my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways" from the book of Isaiah
No matter where you live, the biggest defect we human beings have is our shortsightedness. We don't see what we could be.
And I suppose tapes are a desperate attempt to steal something from Death's suitcase.
there are a few rules I know to be true about love and marriage: If you don't respect the other person, you're gonna have a lot of trouble. If you don't know how to compromise, you're gonna have a lot of trouble. If you can't talk openly about what goes on between you, you're gonna have a lot of trouble. And if you don't have a common set of values in life, you're gonna have a lot of trouble. Your values must be alike.' - Morrie Schwartz
It’s funny. I met a man once who did a lot of mountain climbing. I asked him which was harder, ascending or descending? He said without a doubt descending, because ascending you were so focused on reaching the top, you avoided mistakes. The backside of a mountain is a fight against human nature,” he said. “You have to care as much about yourself on the way down as you did on the way up.
So many times I feel I'm using the same words over and over, like a woman wearing the same dress every day. So boring!
Tears are okay [Morrie Schwartz]