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There are many things in my life that I wish I could take back. Many moments I would recast.

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Mitch Albom
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: May 23
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If God wants it, it will happen.
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The truth is, when our mothers held us, rocked us, stroked our heads -none of us ever got enough of that. We all yearn in some way to return to those days when we were completely taken care of - unconditional love, unconditional attention. Most of us didn't get enough.
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For years I wrote in my basement. More recently I graduated to one floor above, an office with all my books and music and - ta da! - a window.
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If you're always battling against getting older, you're always going to be unhappy, because it's going to happen anyhow.
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I feel ashamed now that I tried to take my life. It is such a precious thing. I had no one to talk me out of my despair and that was a mistake. You need to keep people close. You need to give them access to your heart.
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Sometimes, they say, the moon is so busy with the new souls of the world that it disappears from the sky. That is why we have moonless nights. But in the end, the moon always returns, as do we all.
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A heart weighs more when it splits in two it crashes in the chest like a broken plane.
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