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The length of your days does not belong to you.
Mitch Albom
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Mitch Albom
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: May 23
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New Jersey
Mitchell David Mitch Albom
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Young men go to war. Sometimes because they have to, sometimes because they want to. Always, they feel they are supposed to. This comes from the sad, layered stories of life, which over the centuries have seen courage confused with picking up arms, and cowardice confused with laying them down.
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In the beginning of life, when we are infants, we need others to survive, right? And at the end of life, when you get like me, you need others to survive, right?’ His voice dropped to a whisper. ‘But here’s the secret: in between, we need others as well.
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In order to move on, you must understand why you felt what you did and why you no longer need to feel it.
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Now you know how badly someone wanted you, Charley. Children forget that sometimes. They think of themselves as a burden instead of a wish granted.
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The secret to happiness...be satisfied and be grateful.
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Silence was his escape, but silence is rarely a refuge.
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He cried that night for all that he had lost, but he would say it taught him a valuable lesson: that holding on to things will only break your heart.
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She was like a wound beneath an old bandage, and he had grown more used to the bandage.
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