The Time Keeper

by Mitch Albom

Dor came from a time before the written word, a time when if you wished to speak with someone, you walked to see them. This time was different. The tools of this era—phones, computers—enabled people to move at a blurring pace. Yet despite all they accomplished, they were never at peace.

When we are most alone is when we embrace another’s loneliness.

But hurting ourselves to inflict pain on others is just another cry to be loved.