“If some mystical clarity of thought came when you looked death in the ...” — Mitch Albom Quote

“If some mystical clarity of thought came when you looked death in the eye, then I knew Morrie wanted to share it. And I wanted to remember it for as long as I could.”

“Got an hour or two? That's all it takes for one of my books.”

“If you're always battling against getting older, you're always going to be unhappy, because it's going to happen anyhow.”

“I believe the biggest themes of life are put into the best focus when held up against the very sharp light of mortality.”

“The last class of my old professor's life took place once a week in his house, by a window in the study where he could watch a small hibiscus plant shed its pink leaves.”

“There is no experience like having children.’ That’s all. There is no substitute for it. You cannot do it with a friend. You cannot do it with a lover. If you want the experience of having complete responsibility for another human being, and to learn how to love and bond in the deepest way, then you should have children.”

“Time and I have quarrelled. All hours are midnight now. I had a clock and a watch, but I destroyed them both. I could not bear the way they mocked me.”

“I do love the beginning of the summer hols,' said Julian. They always seem to stretch out ahead for ages and ages.'”

“It is looking at things for a long time that ripens you and gives you a deeper meaning.”

“Where your attention goes, your time goes”

“Time, trust, and life are the true freedoms of human existence. Choose, connect, and thrive to embrace your nature.”

“You can't have a better tomorrow if you are thinking about yesterday all the time.”