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This interview prompted me to read Caleb Carr's final book. I sobbed as I finished listening to MY BELOVED MONSTER, Caleb Carr's outstanding memoir. I wish I could have told Caleb Carr how moving this memoir was for me. Sadly, he passed on 5/23/24. I
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“Love is so supremely important. As our great poet Auden said, 'Love each other or perish”
― Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson
― Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson
“Said to Mitch Album in "Tuesday's with Morrie": "The culture we have does not make people feel good about themselves. We're teaching the wrong things and you have to be strong enough to say if the culture doesn't work, don't buy it! CREATE YOUR OWN!”
― Morrie In His Own Words: Life Wisdom From a Remarkable Man
― Morrie In His Own Words: Life Wisdom From a Remarkable Man
“I believe in being fully present."
"That means you should be with the person you're with." ...
"I am talking to you. I am thinking about you.”
― Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson
"That means you should be with the person you're with." ...
"I am talking to you. I am thinking about you.”
― Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson
“We really don't experience the world fully, because we're half-asleep, doing things we automatically think we have to do.”
And facing death changes that?
"Oh, yes. You strip away all that stuff and you focus on the essentials.”
― Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson
And facing death changes that?
"Oh, yes. You strip away all that stuff and you focus on the essentials.”
― Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson
“Same for loneliness: you let go, let the tears flow, feel it completely--but eventually be able to say, " All right, that was my moment of loneliness. I'm not afraid of feeling lonely, but now I'm going to put loneliness aside and know that there are other emotions in the world, and I'm going to experience them all.”
― Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson
― Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson
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