Quotes from The First Phone Call from Heaven

“There are two stories for every life; the one you live & the one others tell”
― Mitch Albom, quote from The First Phone Call from Heaven

“You have to start over. That's what they say. But life is not a board game, and losing a loved one is never really "starting over." More like "continuing without.”
― Mitch Albom, quote from The First Phone Call from Heaven

“Fear is how you lose your life...a little bit at a time...What we give to fear, we take away from...faith.”
― Mitch Albom, quote from The First Phone Call from Heaven

“Desire sets our compass, but real life steers our course.”
― Mitch Albom, quote from The First Phone Call from Heaven

“Sometimes, love brings you together even as life keeps you apart.”
― Mitch Albom, quote from The First Phone Call from Heaven

“sometimes what you miss the most is the way a loved one made you feel about yourself.”
― Mitch Albom, quote from The First Phone Call from Heaven

“the pain we suffer is a way to make us appreciate what comes next.”
― Mitch Albom, quote from The First Phone Call from Heaven

“Miracles happen quietly every day - in an operating room, on a stormy sea, in the sudden appearance of a road side stranger. They are rarely tallied. No one keeps score.”
― Mitch Albom, quote from The First Phone Call from Heaven

“the words people do not speak are louder than the ones they do.”
― Mitch Albom, quote from The First Phone Call from Heaven

“Sometimes, questions are more hurtful than insults.”
― Mitch Albom, quote from The First Phone Call from Heaven

“if you find one true friend in your life, you're richer than most. If that one true friend is your husband, you're blessed."

She paused. "And if that one true friend is your sister, don't feel bad. At least, she can't divorce you.”
― Mitch Albom, quote from The First Phone Call from Heaven

“No soul remembered is ever really gone.”
― Mitch Albom, quote from The First Phone Call from Heaven

“The news of life is carried via telephone. A baby's birth, a couple engaged, a tragic car accident on a late night highway - most milestones of the human journey, good or bad, are foreshadowed by the sound of a ringing.”
― Mitch Albom, quote from The First Phone Call from Heaven

“Faith, it is said, is better than belief, because belief is when someone else does the thinking.”
― Mitch Albom, quote from The First Phone Call from Heaven

“Knowing heaven is what heals us on earth.”
― Mitch Albom, quote from The First Phone Call from Heaven

“There is a time for hello and a time for good-bye. It's why the act of burying thing seems natural, but the act of digging them up does not.”
― Mitch Albom, quote from The First Phone Call from Heaven

“Bad news has no limits. We often feel it should, like a rainstorm that can't possibly get any heavier. But a storm can always worsen, & the burdens of life can too.”
― Mitch Albom, quote from The First Phone Call from Heaven

“If you find one true friend in life, you're richer than most. If that one true friend is your husband, you're blessed.”
― Mitch Albom, quote from The First Phone Call from Heaven

“If we knew what comes next, we never would have worried.”
― Mitch Albom, quote from The First Phone Call from Heaven

“That’s the thing when people leave us too suddenly, isn’t it? We always have so many questions.”
― Mitch Albom, quote from The First Phone Call from Heaven

“What in life can love not penetrate?”
― Mitch Albom, quote from The First Phone Call from Heaven

“A mother's voice is like no other. We recognize every lilt and whisper, every warble or shriek.”
― Mitch Albom, quote from The First Phone Call from Heaven

“You don't miss things. You miss people.”
― Mitch Albom, quote from The First Phone Call from Heaven

“What happened next depends on how much you believe.”
― Mitch Albom, quote from The First Phone Call from Heaven

“The pain you go through in life doesn’t really touch you . . . not the real you. . . . You are so much lighter than you think.”
― Mitch Albom, quote from The First Phone Call from Heaven

“people in grief can imagine many things. It makes them feel better. It doesn't make it real.”
― Mitch Albom, quote from The First Phone Call from Heaven

“All blessings do not bless the same.”
― Mitch Albom, quote from The First Phone Call from Heaven

“So often, we push away the voices closest to us. But once they're gone, we reach for them.”
― Mitch Albom, quote from The First Phone Call from Heaven

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