Mitch albom

This is a story about a man named Eddie and it begins at the end, with Eddie dying in the sun.

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

People are only mean when they're threatened, and that's what our culture does. That's what our economy does.

I believe that you live on inside the hearts and minds of everyone you've touched while you were here on earth.

I seem to have very few casual readers, only passionate and appreciative ones.

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

Detroit is a place where we've had it pretty tough. But there is a generosity here and a well of kindness that goes deep.

For better or for worse, I've watched people die in front of me. I see how they are in the end. And they're not cynical. In the end, they wanna hold somebody's hand. And that's real to me.

We all lose somebody we care about and want to find some comforting way of dealing with it, something that will give us a little closure, a little peace.

I find interesting characters or lessons that resonate with people and sometimes I write about them in the sports pages, sometimes I write them in a column, sometimes in a novel, sometimes a play or...