"You are so much lighter than you think."

I'm reading 'The First Phone Call from Heaven' by Mitch Albom right now. I'm almost done with it and, as usual, I love it.

I love anything Mitch Albom does.

I'm dying to know how it ends, but I haven't had time to finish it yet. In the meantime, there are some wonderful quotes in this book that I want to share.

Such as:

"There is life after this life."

"Sometimes, love brings you together even as life keeps you apart."

"Although these people would have passed away eventually, the mystery of death is why it chooses a particular moment. With no earthly answer, coincidence can become a conspiracy."

"There are two stories for every life; the one you live, and the one others tell."

"Bad news has no limit. We often feel it should, like a rainstorm that can’t possibly get any heavier. But a storm can always worsen, and the burdens of life can, too."

"The pain you go through in life doesn’t really touch you…not the real you…You are so much lighter than you think."

"The only thing scarier than leaving a small town is never leaving it at all."

"Joy and sorrow share the water."

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

"They teach you, as children, that you might go to heaven. They never teach you that heaven might come to you."

"I’m saying people in grief can imagine many things. It makes them feel better. It doesn’t make it real."

"Fear is how you lose your life…a little bit at a time…What we give to fear, we take away from…faith."

"When people don’t believe in something, they’re lost."

"Jeff was quickly learning that the media had two sides; the side that wanted to get the news, and the side that wanted to make sure nobody else has it."

"Sometimes what you miss the most is the way a loved one made you feel about yourself."