Tuesdays with Morrie

by Mitch Albom

And I suppose tapes, like photographs and videos, are a desperate attempt to steal something from death’s suitcase.

“People haven’t found meaning in their lives, so they’re running all the time looking for it. They think the next car, the next house, the next job. Then they find those things are empty, too, and they keep running.” Once you start running, I said, it’s hard to slow yourself down.