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When death takes your mother, it steals that word forever.

Mitch Albom

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Mitch Albom
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: May 23
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Trenton
New Jersey
Mitchell David Mitch Albom
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when your time came, it came, and that was that. You might say something smart on your way out, but you might just as easily say something stupid.
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She had been so consumed with escaping her own misery, she hadn't considered the misery she might inflict.
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It is far more comforting to think God listened and said no, than to think that nobody’s out there.
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This is part of what a family is about, not just love. It's knowing that your family will be there watching out for you. Nothing else will give you that. Not money. Not fame. Not work.
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People don’t die because of loyalty.” They don’t?” She smiled. “Religion? Government? Are we not loyal to such things, sometimes to the death?” Eddie shrugged. Better,” she said, “to be loyal to one another.
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People are only mean when they're threatened, and that's what our culture does. That's what our economy does.
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The word 'commitment' has lost it's meaning. I'm old enough to remember when it used to be positive. A commited person was someone to be admired. He was loyal and steady. Now a commitment is something you avoid. You don't want to tie yourself down.
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The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others.
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The truth is, once you learn how to die, you learn how to live.
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It's such a shame to waste time. We always think we have so much of it.
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