Tuesdays With Morrie Chapter 24 Quotes
Tuesdays With Morrie Chapter 24 Quotes
How we cite the quotes:
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Quote 4
And which are the important questions?
"As I see it, they have to do with love, responsibility, spirituality, awareness. And if I were healthy today, those would still be my issues. They should have been all along." (24.36-37)
Here, the topic of spirituality is listed as a set of priorities. Maybe Morrie is saying that although he values spirituality, he puts it on the same level as other things, like being mindful of the world around us.
Quote 5
"The first wave says, 'You don't understand! We're all going to crash! All of us waves are going to be nothing! Isn't it terrible?'"
"The second wave says, 'No, you don't understand. You're not a wave, you're part of the ocean.'"
I smile. Morrie closes his eyes again.
"Part of the ocean," he says, "part of the ocean." I watched him breathe, in and out, in and out. (24.68-71)
This little anecdote that Morrie and Mitch are sharing isn't explicitly spiritual, but it has spiritual connotations. Just like waves that are part of the great big ocean, the story is suggesting that we're all part of something bigger than ourselves.
Quote 6
The closer he got to the end, the more he saw it as a mere shell, a container of the soul. It was withering to useless skin and bones anyhow, which made it easier to let go. (24.5)
Here's a comment about the nitty gritty aspect of being alive: our bodies. Part of the wild truth about living and dying is that, aside from our minds and hearts, which are able to change so much in the world, we have these flimsy bodies that eventually wear out and die on us.