Ronan Ferrer

“The machine does not isolate man from the great problems of nature but plunges him more deeply into them.”
― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince

“He tells my parents how I took every class he taught. He tells them, “You have a special boy here.” Embarrassed, I look at my feet. Before we leave, I hand my professor a present, a tan briefcase with his initials on the front. I bought this the day before at a shopping mall. I didn’t want to forget him. Maybe I didn’t want him to forget me.

“Mitch, you are one of the good ones,” he says, admiring the briefcase. Then he hugs me. I feel his thin arms around my back. I am taller than he is, and when he holds me, I feel awkward, older, as if I were the parent and he were the child.

He asks if I will stay in touch, and without hesitation I say, “Of course.” When he steps back, I see that he is crying.”
― Mitch Albom, Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson

“I see your face in every flower, your eyes in stars above, it’s just the thought of you, the very thought of you, my love…”
― Mitch Albom, Tuesdays with Morrie

“You're afraid of the pain, you're afraid of the grief. You're afraid of the vulnerability that loving entails.”
― Mitch Albom, Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson