More from and about
Mitch Albom
(biographical info at bottom of page)
  

An important note:  most of the quotations that are attributed to Mitch Albom
from his book Tuesdays with Morrie are actually from Morrie Schwartz; they're
attributed to Albom because they're in his book.  On this page we've tried to
put only material that comes from Albom himself.  And remember that most of
what you read as Albom's work in TwM aren't actually his own words.

   

     Ruby stepped toward him. "Edward," she said softly. It was the first time she had called him by name. "Learn this from me.  Holding anger is a poison.  It eats you from inside.  We think that hating is a weapon that attacks the person who harmed us.  But hatred is a curved blade.  And the harm we do, we do to ourselves.
     "Forgive, Edward.  Forgive.  Do you remember the lightness you felt when you first arrived in heaven?"
     Eddie did.  Where is my pain?
     "That's because no one is born with anger. And when we die, the soul is freed of it. But now, here, in order to move on, you must understand why you felt what you did, and why you no longer need to feel it."
     She touched his hand.
     "You need to forgive your father."

      
All parents damage their children. It cannot be helped.
Youth, like pristine glass, absorbs the prints of its
handlers. Some parents smudge, others crack, a few
shatter childhoods completely into jagged little
pieces, beyond repair.
  
“No life is a waste," the Blue Man said. "The only time we
waste is the time we spend thinking we're alone.”
   

There are no random acts.  We are all connected.  You can no more
separate one life from another than you can separate a breeze from the wind.

     

All endings are also beginnings. We just don't know it at the time.

   

  

When someone is in your heart, they're never truly gone.
They can come back to you, even at unlikely times.

   

Sometimes when you sacrifice something precious, you're not
really losing it. You're just passing it on to someone else.

   

The culture we have does not make people feel good about
themselves.  We're teaching the wrong things.  And you have
to be strong enough to say if the culture doesn't work,
don't buy it.  Create your own.  Most people can't do it.

   
    
Mitch Albom is the author of eight books, including the bestseller The Five People You Meet in Heaven, and the phenomenal bestseller Tuesdays With Morrie.  Oprah Winfrey produced a major television movie for ABC based on Tuesdays With Morrie that aired in December, 1999, and starred Jack Lemmon and Hank Azaria.  A phenomenon in its own right, the movie was not only the most-watched on any network for that year, it also earned four Emmy Awards in 2000, including those for "Best Actor" (Lemmon) and Best Supporting Actor (Azaria).  With more than five million copies now in print, "Tuesdays With Morrie" is also published in 34 countries, in 30 languages, and was a bestseller in Japan, Australia, Brazil, and England.

Albom's "Tuesdays With Morrie" story has been featured in many national publications, including People Magazine, Life Magazine, TV Guide, and Redbook.  Albom has also been featured on several national television
programs, including The Oprah Winfrey Show, NBC's Today Show, the CBS Early Show, Larry King Live, the Tom Snyder Show, and the Rosie O'Donnell Show.
  

  

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