Mitch Albom on Love

"I made such a fool of myself,” she lamented.“Love does not make you a fool.”“He didn’t love me back.”“That does not make you a fool, either.”“Just tell me …” Her voice cracked. “When does it stop hurting?”“Sometimes never."

"Love like rain, can nourish from above, drenching couples with soaking joy. But sometimes, under the angry heat of life, love dries on the surface and must nourish from below, tending to its roots, keeping itself alive."

"Lost love is still love. It takes a different form, that's all. You can't see their smile or bring them food or tousle their hair or move them around a dance floor. But when those senses weaken another heightens. Memory. Memory becomes your partner. You nurture it. You hold it. You dance with it."

"This is part of what a family is about, not just love. It's knowing that your family will be there watching out for you. Nothing else will give you that. Not money. Not fame. Not work."

"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."

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

"Without love we all like birds with broken wings."

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

"Without love, we are birds with broken wings."

"Love wins. Love always wins."

"Love each other or perish."

"Do the kinds of things that come from the heart. When you do, you won’t be dissatisfied, you won’t be envious, you won’t be longing for somebody else’s things. On the contrary, you’ll be overwhelmed with what comes back."