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
If you are fully alive to the prospect of dying, you really start reprioritising your life.
I had to face up to the fact that I had to call him.
He thought I was just ignoring him, ... I told him that if I had gotten the letter, of course I would have called. And he just let it go as if it never happened.
Money is not a substitute for tenderness, and power is not a substitute for tenderness. I can tell you, as I'm sitting here dying, when you most need it, neither money nor power will give you the feeling you're looking for, no matter how much of them you have."
When we are most alone is when we embrace another's loneliness.
When you are measuring life, you are not living it.
The most important elements of faith [are] believing in something bigger than yourself, taking care of those less fortunate than you.
Death: the only true emotion felt in an apathetic world
You can't substitute material things for love or for gentleness or for tenderness or for a sense of comradeship
A book with the genuine power to stir and comfort its readers.
That's what heaven is. You get to make sense of your yesterdays
Strangers are just family you have yet to come to know.
With endless time, nothing is special. With no loss or sacrifice, we can’t appreciate what we have
Because when the world quiets to the sound of your own breathing, we all want the same things: comfort, love, and a peaceful heart.