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View Plans“ ”Before you measure the years, you measure the days. And before the days, you measure the moon.
About Mitch Albom
Mitchell David Albom (born May 23, 1958) is a sportswriter, novelist, newspaper columnist for the Detroit Free Press, syndicated radio host, and TV commentator.
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Shorter versions of this quote
Before you measure the years, you measure the days.
Additional quotes by Mitch Albom
Silence was his escape, but silence is rarely a refuge. His thoughts still haunted him.
"Don't cling to things, because everything is impermanent... But detachment doesn't mean you don't let the experience penetrate you.
On the contrary, you let it penetrate you fully. That's how you are able to leave it...You're afraid of the pain, you're afraid of the grief... But by throwing yourself into these emotions, by allowing yourself to dive in, all the way, over your head even, you experience them fully and completely.You know what pain is. You know what love is. "All right. I have experienced that emotion. I recognize that emotion. Now I need to detach from that emotion for a moment.
No matter how smart she appeared, she was
fragile at her core.