Mitch Albom

For One More Day

When I lacked even the self-respect to keep myself alive, she dabbed my cuts and I fell back into being a son; I fell as easily as you fall into your pillow at night, And I didn't want it to end.

Haley

Sharing tales of those we've lost is how we keep from really losing them.

“and that's the thing when your parents die, you feel like instead of going into every fight with backup, you are going into every fight alone.”

Withers

When you are rotten about yourself, you become rotten to everyone else, even those you love.

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 be long 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.

jean

The truth is, there is no line. There’s only your life, how you mess it up, and who is there to save you. Or who isn’t.

When you’re rotten about yourself, you become rotten to everyone else, even those you love.

All that happens when your dream comes true is a slow, melting realization that it wasn’t what you thought. And it won’t save you.

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