Quotes From "For One More Day" By Mitch Albom

She put one hand on mine. “When someone is in your heart, they’re never truly gone. They can come back to you, even at unlikely times. Mitch Albom

It’s funny. I met a man once who did a lot of mountain climbing. I asked him which was harder, ascending or descending? He said without a doubt descending, because ascending you were so focused on reaching the top, you avoided mistakes. The backside of a mountain is a fight against human nature, ” he said. “You have to care as much about yourself on the way down as you did on the way up. Mitch Albom

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. Mitch Albom

I hope you never hear those words. Your mom. She died. They are different than other words. They are too big to fit in your ears. They belong to some strange, heavy, powerful language that pounds away at the side of your head, a wrecking ball coming at you again and again, until finally, the words crack a hole large enough to fit inside your brain. And in so doing, they split you apart. Mitch Albom

Things change when you're not in danger anymore. Mitch Albom

I also believe that parents, if they love you, will hold you up safely, above their swirling waters, and sometimes that means you'll never know what they endured, and you may treat them unkindly, in a way you otherwise wouldn't. Mitch Albom

You have one family, Charley. For good or bad. You have one family. You can’t trade them in. You can’t lie to them. You can’t run two at once, substituting back and forth.“ Sticking with your family is what makes it a family. Mitch Albom

Tell me about your family, " I said. And so she did. I listened intently as my mother went through each branch of the tree. Years later, after the funeral, Maria had asked me questions about the family - who was related to whom - and I struggled. I couldn't remember. A big chunk of our history had been buried with my mother. You should never let your past disappear that way. Mitch Albom

I also believe that parents, if they love you, will hold you up safely, above their swirling waters, and sometimes that means you'll never know what they endured, and you may treat them unkindly, in a way you otherwise wouldn't. 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 begins. Mitch Albom

...But behind all your stories is always your mother's story, because hers is where yours begins. Mitch Albom

Every family is a ghost story. Mitch Albom

Children forget that sometimes. They think of themselves as a burden instead of a wish granted. Mitch Albom

Never tell a child that something it’s too hard Mitch Albom

Belief, hard work, love—you have those things, you can do anything. Mitch Albom

Belief, hard work, love - you have those things, you can do anything. Mitch Albom

What is it?”“ A prayer.”“ For a child?” She nodded.“ For me?” Another nod.“ On a tree?”“ Trees spend all day looking up at God. Mitch Albom

Have you ever lost someone you love and wanted one more conversation, one more chance to make up for the time when you thought they would be here forever? If so, then you know you can go your whole life collecting days, and none will outweigh the one you wish you had back. Mitch Albom

Being unheard is the ground floor of giving up, and giving up is the ground floor of doing yourself in. It’s not so much, what’s the point? It’s more like, what’s the difference? Mitch Albom

The dead sit at our tables long after they have gone. Mitch Albom

I don't know what it is about the food your mother makes for you, especially when it's something that anyone can make - pancakes, meat loaf, tuna salad - but it carries a certain taste of memory. Mitch Albom

I believe that. All divorce does is divert you, taking you away from everything you thought you knew and everything you thought u wanted and steering you into all kinds of other stuff, like discussions about your mother's girdle and whether she should marry someone else. Mitch Albom

When you're rotten about yourself, you become rotten to everyone else, even thoseyou love. Mitch Albom

What is it about childhood that never lets you go, even when you're so wrecked it's hard to believe you ever were a child? Mitch Albom

I didn't want to be ordinary, " I mumbled. My mother looked up. "What ordinary, Charley?""You know. Someone you forget." From the other room came the squeals of children. Miss Thelma turned her chin to the sound. She smiled, " That's what keeps me from being forgotten. Mitch Albom

The more you defend a lie, the angrier you become. Mitch Albom

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. Mitch Albom

I think what you notice most when you haven’t been home in a while is how much the trees have grown around your memories. Mitch Albom

Once heaven is done with grandma, we'd like her back, thanks. Mitch Albom

When you look into your mother’s eyes, you know that is the purest love you can find on this earth. Mitch Albom

Sometimes your kids will say the nastiest things, won't they, Rose? You want to ask, ' Whose child is this?'" Rose chuckled." But usually, they're just in some kind of pain. They need to work it out. Mitch Albom

You see, here's my theory: Kids chase the love that eludes them, and for me, that was my father's love. He kept it tucked away, like papers in a briefcase. And I kept trying to get in there. Mitch Albom

Behind all your stories is always your mother's story. Because hers is where yours begin. Mitch Albom

I love you every day, Mom Mitch Albom

But then, I knew so little about my mother over the last decade of her life. I had been too wrapped up in my own drama. Mitch Albom

Going back to something is harder than you think." I don't suppose I could have broken my mother's heart any more if I tried. Mitch Albom

In college, I had a course in Latin, and one day the word "divorce" came up. I always figured it came from some root that meant "divide." In truth, it comes from "divertere, " which means "to divert." I believe that. All divorce does is divert you, taking you away from everything you thought you knew and everything you thought you wanted and steering you into all kinds of other stuff, like discussions about your mother's girdle and whether she should marry someone else. Mitch Albom