Top 37 Quotes by Mitch Albom

Nobody's favorite movie is some dark, dysfunctional slasher story. Everybody's favorite song is a sentimental song. So why all of a sudden is it bad to be sentimental in books?

Anyone who tries to write a memoir needs to keep in mind that what's interesting to you isn't necessarily interesting to a reader.

You have to be strong enough to say if the culture doesn't work, don't buy it.

If you really could fit God in a file, you wouldn't need to believe in God, you know, you'd just go get the file like a box of corn flakes off the shelf.

You're not a wave, you're a part of the ocean.

We all have two things in common, no matter who we are: We were born and we are going to die.

A memoir should have some uplifting quality, inspiring or illuminating, and that's what separates a life story that can influence other people.

I was a workaholic. I never stopped. I lived in fifth gear. I bought cars. I invested in stocks. I made more money than I had ever imagined.

For as spiritual as some people think my books are, I've never really dealt with religious things.

If you are fully alive to the prospect of dying, you really start reprioritising your life.