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My own father didn't talk a lot about feelings or emotions.

Mitch Albom

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Mitch Albom
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: May 23
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Timing is everything. That´s right. Which is why our sages tell us to repent exactly one day before we die. But how do you know it´s the day before you die? I asked. He raised his eyebrows. Exactly
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Bad news has no limits. We often feel it should, like a rainstorm that can't possibly get any heavier. But a storm can always worsen, & the burdens of life can too.
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Kids chase the love that eludes them.
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Lost love is still love. It takes a different form, that's all.
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Belief, hard work, love–you have those things, you can do anything.
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Silence was his escape, but silence is rarely a refuge.
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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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Silence is worse when you know it won't be broken.
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You can't get stuck on what should have happened. That doesn't help you.
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Being here in Detroit, our public education in this city is - it's shocking. And the oversight of it and the oversight of the teachers and the funding is nonexistent, and the priority that's put on it is so low.
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You count the hours you could have spent with your mother. It's a lifetime in itself.
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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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It’s not contagious, you know. Death is as natural as life. It’s part of the deal we made.
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The basis of everything, of all knowledge, is the ability to read.
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Status will get you nowhere. Only an open heart will allow you to float equally between everyone.
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But there's a story behind everything. How a picture got on a wall. How a scar got on your face. Sometimes the stories are simple, and sometimes they are hard and heartbreaking. But behind all your stories is always your mother's story, because hers is where yours begin.
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The universe is too grand and harmonious to believe it's all an accident.
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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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