Finding Chika: A Little Girl, an Earthquake, and the Making of a Family
Mitch Albom
Top 10 Best Quotes
“There are many kinds of selfishness in this world, but the most selfish is hoarding time, because none of us know how much we have, and it is an affront to God to assume there will be more.”
“The most precious thing you can give someone is your time, Chika, because you can never get it back. When you don’t think about getting it back, you’ve given it in love.”
“What we carry defines who we are and the effort we make is our legacy.”
“But none of us are assured of tomorrow. It's what we do with today that makes an impact.”
“Children wonder at the world. Parents wonder at their children’s wonder. In so doing, we are all together young.”
“Children are not a distraction from more important work. They are the most important work.” —Dr. John Trainer”
“Hopelessness can be contagious, but hope can be too. And there is no medicine to match it.”
“C. S. Lewis, the man who wrote the Narnia books you so loved, once said it is easy to trust a rope as long as you’re using it to wrap a box. But when you’re clinging to it over a deadly precipice, it’s something else entirely.”
“What you carry is what defines you. It can be the burden of feeding your family, the responsibility of caring for patients, the good that you feel you must do for others, or the sins that you will not release. Whatever it is, we all carry something, every day. And for all your time with us—as you so defiantly stated, Chika—my job was carrying you. My job was—and is—carrying your brothers and sisters in the orphanage. My job, it turns out, after so many years without them, is carrying children. It is the most wonderful weight to bear.”
“The most precious thing you can give someone is your time, Chika, because you can never get it back. When you don’t think about getting it back, you’ve given it in love. I learned that from you.”
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Book Keywords:
hopelessness, love, proverbs, legacy, hope, children, life-lessons, inspirational, parenting
