Here are some of Morrie's most famous words. He's been able to live a meaningful life with his illness, precisely because he knows that his days are numbered. It's like we said: The theme of living and existing is completely tied up with the theme of dying.

Here, Morrie is teaching by example again, being that human textbook. The lesson of detachment, he says, is as important to him as it is to Mitch. He's asking Mitch to look at him, use him as a learning tool to understand the importance of what he's teaching.