The Five People You Meet in Heaven (The Five People You Meet in Heaven, #1)

by Mitch Albom

Had he known his death was imminent, he might have gone somewhere else. Instead, he did what we all do. He went about his dull routine as if all the days in the world were still to come.

“No life is a waste,” the Blue Man said. “The only time we waste is the time we spend thinking we are alone.”

“Learn this from me. Holding anger is a poison. It eats you from inside. We think that hating is a weapon that attacks the person who harmed us. But hatred is a curved blade. And the harm we do, we do to ourselves.