Mitch Albom, For One More Day

"It's such a shame to waste time. We always think we have so much of it."

"You can go your whole life collecting days, and none will outweigh the one you wish you had back."

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

"But she wasn’t around, and that’s the thing when your parents die, you feel like instead of going in to every fight with backup, you are going into every fight alone."

"Kids chase the love that eludes them."

"I love you every day. And now I will miss you every day."

"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."

"I realized when you look at your mother, you are looking at the purest love you will ever know."

"Going back to something is harder than you think."

"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."

"I love you every day. And now I will miss you every day."

"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."

"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."

"I realized when you look at your mother, you are looking at the purest love you will ever know."

"One day spent with someone you love can change everything."

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

"I thought about the days i had handed over to a bottle..the nights i can't remember..the mornings i slept thru..all the time spent running from myself."