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If the culture doesn't work, don't buy it. (Mitch Albom)
Parents rarely let go of their children, so children let go of them. They move on. They move away. The moments that used to define them - a mother's approval, a father's nod - are covered by moments of their own accomplishments. It is not until much later, as the skin sags and the heart weakens, that children understand; their stories, and all their accomplishments, sit atop the stories of their mothers and fathers, stones upon stones, beneath the waters of their lives. View quote
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Life has to end." Marguerite said. "Love doesn't. View quote
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It is because the spirit knows deep down that all lives intersect. That death doesn't just take someone, it misses someone else. And in that small distance, lives are changed. View quote
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What you have done to this point cannot be undone. What you do next... It is still unwritten. View quote
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There is no such thing as 'too late' in life. View quote
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You can find something truly important in an ordinary minute. View quote
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The secret to happiness...be satisfied and be grateful. View quote
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Silence is worse when you know it won't be broken. View quote
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Don't cling to things because everything is impermanent. View quote
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But our eyes are different, what you see ain't what I see. (Mitch Albom)
You have to start over. That's what they say. But life is not a board game, and losing a loved one is never really "starting over." More like "continuing without. View quote
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It is never too late or too soon. It is when it is supposed to be. View quote
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Life is a series of pulls back and forth... A tension of opposites, like a pull on a rubber band. Most of us live somewhere in the middle. A wrestling match...Which side win? Love wins. Love always wins. View quote
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Well, for one thing, the culture we have does not make people feel good about themselves. We're teaching the wrong things. And you have to be strong enough to say if the culture doesn't work, don't buy it. Create your own. Most people can't do it. View quote
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You knew me. You knew that person, but you don't know the person I'm trying to become... You are not your past! View quote
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What's wrong with being number 2? View quote
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When you're rotten about yourself, you become rotten to everyone else, even those you love. View quote
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I thought about the days i had handed over to a bottle..the nights i can't remember..the mornings i slept thru..all the time spent running from myself. View quote
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There is a big confusion in this country over what we want verses what we need...you need food. You want a chocolate sundae. View quote
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Sticking with your family is what makes it a family. (Mitch Albom)
You can't substitute material things for love or for gentleness or for tenderness or for a sense of comradeship. View quote
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Things change when you're not in danger anymore. View quote
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People are only mean when they're threatened, and that's what our culture does...And when you get threatened, you start looking out only for yourself. You start making money a god. It is all part of this culture. View quote
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Life goes quickly, doesn't it? View quote
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Mitch Albom

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Photo: Vincent Wagner (Shack), CC BY-SA 3.0
Occupation: American Writer
Born: May 23, 1958
Quotes count: 280
Wikipedia: Mitch Albom

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