Tuesdays with Morrie

by Mitch Albom

Why?

One of the most common emails I receive from readers — particularly students reading the book in a class — is: “Why don’t you use quotation marks when you speak but you use them when Morrie does? Does it mean something?” Good eyes, keen readers! This was a style choice I made to de-emphasize myself in the story. Even though I was asking Morrie the questions, I was asking for all of us. In that way, I hoped we could share in being “the student” together.