Frasi di Mitch Albom

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“Ogni persona ne influenza un'altra, e questa ne influenza un'altra ancora, e il mondo è pieno di storie, che in realtà sono sempre la stessa.”

“Tutte le persone che incontrerai hanno un insegnamento da darti.”

“Tutti i finali sono anche inizi. Semplicemente non lo sappiamo in quel momento.”

“C'è una tribù nell'Artico americano secondo la quale tutti gli esseri sulla Terra possiedono un'anima che è la forma in miniatura del corpo che la contiene: così che un daino ha dentro di sé un piccolo daino, e un uomo a sua volta un piccolo uomo. Quando l'essere grande muore, sopravvive quello piccolo: può trasmigrare in qualcosa che sta nascendo lì vicino, oppure recarsi a un luogo di sosta temporaneo nel cielo, nella pancia di un grande spirito femminile, dove attende finché la luna non potrà rimandarlo sulla terra. A volte, dicono, la luna ha così tanto da fare con le anime nuove del mondo che scompare dal cielo. Ecco perché abbiamo certe notti senza luna. Ma, alla fine, la luna torna sempre, come noi tutti. Questo è ciò che loro credono.”

“Finché riusciremo ad amarci a vicenda da ricordarci il sentimento d'amore che abbiamo provato, potremo morire senza uscire realmente dal mondo. L'amore che si è creato resta qui. I ricordi sono ancora qui. E tu continui a vivere nei cuori di chi hai nutrito, educato o commosso su questo pianeta.”

“Nessuna vita è sprecata […] L'unico tempo che sprechiamo è quello che trascorriamo a pensare di essere soli.”

“La giustizia […] non governa la vita e la morte. Altrimenti nessuna persona buona morirebbe giovane.”

“A volte quando sacrifichi qualcosa di prezioso, non lo perdi. Lo dai a qualcun altro.”

“All who are born are always dying.”

“Have you ever really had a teacher? One who saw you as a raw but precious thing, a jewel that, with wisdom, could be polished to a proud shine?”

“Before you measure the years, you measure the days.”

“Soon man will count all his days, and then smaller segments of the day, and then smaller still—until the counting consumes him, and the wonder of the world he has been given is lost.”

“and that is what heaven is for, for understanding your life on Earth.”

“Every day, have a little bird on your shoulder that asks, 'Is today the day? Am I ready? Am I doing all I need to do? Am I being the person i want to be? Is today the day I die?”

“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.”

“Faith, it is said, is better than belief, because belief is when someone else does the thinking.”

“What you have done to this point cannot be undone. What you do next… It is still unwritten.”

“Sitting high above the city, Father Time realized that knowing something and understanding it were not the same thing.”

“There are five people you meet in heaven," the Blue Man suddenly said. "Each of us was in your life for a reason. You may not have known the reason at the time, and that is what heaven is for. For understanding your life on earth.”

“I shot you, all right," he said, "and you lost something, but you gained something as well. You just don't know it yet. I gained something, too."

What?"

I got to keep my promise. I didn't leave you behind.”

“No one gets left behind, remember?”

“You have to find what’s good and true and beautiful in your life as it is now. Looking back makes you competitive. And, age is not a competitive issue.”

“Do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself..”

“For many of us, the curtain had just come down on childhood.”

“You don't know how to live until you learn how to die.”

“We do not realize the sound the world makes -- unless, of course, it comes to a stop. Then, when it starts, it sounds like an orchestra.”

“but then she did. she died. no more visits, no more phone calls. And without even realizing it, I began to drift, as if my roots had been pulled, as if I were floating down some side branch of a river.”

“We're Tuesday people.”

“There is a time for hello and a time for good-bye. It's why the act of burying thing seems natural, but the act of digging them up does not.”

“If you find one true friend in life, you're richer than most. If that one true friend is your husband, you're blessed.”

“Mothers support certain illusions about their children, and one of my illusions was that I liked who I was, because she did. When she passed away, so did that idea.”

“To know you're going to die, and to be prepared for it at any time.
That's better. That way you can actually be more involved in your life
while you're living.”

“There is no formula to relationships. They have to be negotiated in loving ways, with room for both parties, what they want and what they need, what they can do and what their life is like.”

“Suddenly, details seemed extremely important. Details were something to grab on to, a way to insert myself into the story.”

“That’s the thing when people leave us too suddenly, isn’t it? We always have so many questions.”

“The world is full of stories, but the stories are all one.”

“Did I lose you?"
"Never.”