Mitch Albom

"And is often the case with faith, I thought I was being asked a favor, when in fact I was being given one"."

"“Death ends a life, not a relationship.”"

"Strangers are just family you have yet to come to know."

"The second death. To think that you died and no one would remember you. I wondered if this was why we tried so hard to make our mark in America. To be known. Think of how important celebrity has become. We sing to get famous; expose our worst secrets to get famous; lose weight, eat bugs, even commit murder to get famous. Our young people post their deepest thoughts on public web sites. They run cameras from their bedrooms. It’s as if we are screaming Notice Me! Remember Me! Yet the notoriety barely lasts. Names quickly blur and in time are forgotten."

"If you really want it, then you'll make your dream happen."

"A book with the genuine power to stir and comfort its readers."

"My friedns, if we tend to the things that are important in life, if we are right with those we love and behave in line with our faith, our lives will not be cursed with the aching throb of unfulfilled business. Our words will always be sincere, our embraces will be tight. We will never wallow in the agony of 'I could have, I should have.' We can sleep in a storm. "And when it's time, our good-byes will be complete."

"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 something else."What else?He leaned forward."Being forgotten," he whispered."

"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."

"It is far more comforting to think God listened and said no, than to think that nobody’s out there."

"You can feel the whole world and still feel lost in it. So many people are in pain-- no matter how smart or accomplished--they cry, they yearn, they hurt. But instead of looking down on things, they look up, which is where I should have been looking, too. Because when the world quiets to the sound of your own breathing, we all want the same things: comfort, love and a peaceful heart."

"No life is a waste," the Blue Man said. "The only time we waste is the time we spend thinking we're alone."

"Sometimes, kids want you to hurt the way they hurt."

"Everyone is in such a hurry. People haven’t found meaning in their lives, so they’re running all the time looking for it. They think the next car, the next house, the next job. Then they find those things are empty, too, and they keep running. Once you start running, it’s hard to slow yourself down."

"Love is how you stay alive, even after you are gone."

"Lost love is still love. It takes a different form, that's all. You can't see their smile or bring them food or tousle their hair or move them around a dance floor. But when those senses weaken another heightens. Memory. Memory becomes your partner. You nurture it. You hold it. You dance with it."