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You count the hours you could have spent with your mother. It's a lifetime in itself.

Mitch Albom

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Mitch Albom
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: May 23
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Mitchell David Mitch Albom
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once we began to chime the hour, we lost the ability to be satisfied
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When you come to the end, that's where God begins.
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And if you don´t commit? I asked. Your choice. But you miss what´s on the other side. What´s on the other side? Ah he smiled. A happiness you cannot find alone
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I used to be a classic workaholic, and after seeing how little work and career really mean when you reach the end of your life, I put a new emphasis on things I believe count more. These things include: family, friends, being part of a community, and appreciating the little joys of the average day.
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I never hear anything about education. Education - I guess it's just not sexy enough. And everybody claims to love their children and our children are the most important thing, but if that's the case, how come we never hear more about education as an election issue?
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Knowing heaven is what heals us on earth.
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Your voice will come. We all go through the same thing. You cannot talk when you first arrive. He smiled. It helps you listen.
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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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Life is a series of pulls back and forth. You want to do one thing, but you are bound to do something else.
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When you're in bed, you're dead
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I made the wrong choice , I whispered. My mother shook her head. A child should never have to choose.
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Shouldn't the world stop? Don't they know what has happened to me?
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but then she did. she died. no more visits, no more phone calls. And without even realizing it, I began to drift, as if my roots had been pulled, as if I were floating down some side branch of a river.
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The truth is, once you learn how to die, you learn how to live.
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