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

— Mitch Albom

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 read a poem: 'My dear and loving cousin. Your ageless heart as you, love through time, layer on layer, tender sequoia.' . And all the heartfelt things we never get to say to those we love, Morris said that day.

— Mitch Albom

As long as we can love each other, and remember the feeling of love we had, we can die without ever really going away. All the love you created is still there. All the memories are still there. You live on--in the hearts of everyone you have touched and nurtured while you were here.

— Mitch Albom

As usual, he saves his wife's for last. He leans on the cane, and he looks at the headstone, and he thinks about many things. Taffy. He thinks about taffy. He thinks it would take his teeth out now, but he would eat it anyhow, if it meant eating it with her.

— Mitch Albom

At a certain point, your life is more about your legacy to your kids than anything else.

— Mitch Albom

A wind blew, and the sand around his drawing scattered. He wrapped his fingers inside his wife's, and Father Time rekindled a connection he had only ever had with her. He surrendered to that sensation and felt the final drops of their lives touch one another, like water in a cave, top meets bottom, Heaven meets Earth. As their eyes closed, a different set of eyes opened, and they rose from the ground as a shared south, up and up, a sun and a moon in a single sky.

— Mitch Albom

Because, from the beginning, God said, 'I'm going to put this world into your hands. If I run everything, then that's not you.' So we were created with a piece of divinity inside us, but with this thing called free will, and I think God watches us every day, lovingly, praying we will make the right choices.

— Mitch Albom

Because if you've found meaning in your life, you don't want to go back. You want to go forward.

— Mitch Albom

Be compassionate ... and take responsibility for each other. If we only learned those lessons, this world would be a better place.

— Mitch Albom

Behind all your stories is always your mother's story. Because hers is where yours begin.

— Mitch Albom