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

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

The backside of a mountain is a fight against human nature. You have to care as much about yourself on the way down as you did on the way up.

Critics have a problem with sentimentality. Readers do not. I write for readers.

Going back to something is harder than you think.

All who are born are always dying.

There's a big confusion in this country over what we want versus what we need," Morrie said. "You need food, you want a chocolate sundae. You have to be honest with yourself. You don't need the latest sports car, you don't need the biggest house. The truth is, you don't get satisfaction from those things. You know what really gives you satisfaction?...Offering others what you have to give...I don't mean money, Mitch. I mean your time. Your concern. Your storytelling. It's not so hard.