Reviews with content warning for Death - Tuesdays with Morrie - Selasa Bersama Morrie

I really didn't think I was going to cry, but I absolutely bawled for the last 30 or so pages. That's what brings my rating up honestly lol because the preachiness and some of the life lessons rubbed me the wrong way. I've always been a huge teacher's pet, so I should've known I'd fall in love with this teacher and cry my stupid eyes out when he's nearing the end EVEN THOUGH YOU KNOW HE DIES! Like duh it's the whole premise of the book lol but it was still incredibly sad.

Quotes:

I'm on the last great journey here-- and people want me to tell them what to pack. (33)
...the culture we have does not make people feel good about themselves. We're teaching the wrong things. And you have to be strong enough to say if the culture doesn't work, don't buy it. Create your own. (36)
And I suppose tapes, like photographs and videos, are a desperate attempt to steal something from death's suitcase. (63)
Once you learn how to die, you learn how to live. (82)
Turn on the faucet. Wash yourself with the emotion. It won't hurt you. It will only help. If you let the fear inside, if you pull it on like a familiar shirt, then you can say to yourself, " All right, it's just fear, I don't have to let it control me. I see it for what it is."
Same for loneliness: you let go, let the tears flow, feel it completely-- but eventually be able to say, " all right, that was my moment with loneliness. I'm not afraid of feeling lonely, but now I'm going to put that loneliness aside and know that there are other emotions in the world, and I'm going to experience them as well." (105)
It's very simple. As you grow, he learn more. If you stayed at twenty-two, you'd always be as ignorant as you were at twenty-two. Aging is not just decay, you know. It's growth. It's more than the negative that you're going to die, it's also the positive that you understand you're going to die, and that you live a better life because of it. (118)
If you're always battling against getting older, you're always going to be unhappy, because it will happen anyhow. (119)
Love is how you stay alive, even after you are gone. (133)
The closer he [Morrie] gets to goodbye, the more he seems to feel we are all creatures yon the same forest. What we take, we must replenish. (141)
Look, No matter where you live, the biggest defect we human beings have is our shortsightedness. We don't see what we could be. We should be looking at our potential, stretching ourselves into everything we can become. But if you're surrounded by people who say "I want mine now," you end up with a few people with everything and a military to keep the poor ones from rising up and stealing it. (156)
"In the beginning of life, when we are infants, we need others to survive, right? And at the end of life, when you get like me, you need others to survive, right?"
His voice dropped to a whisper. "But here's the secret: in between, we need others as well." (157)
In business, people negotiate to win. They negotiate to get what they want. Maybe you're too used to that. Love is different. Love is when you are as concerned about someone else's situation as you are about your own. (178)
Have you ever really had a teacher? One who saw you as a raw but precious thing, a jewel that, with wisdom, could be polished to a proud shine? If you are lucky enough to find your way to such teachers, you will always find your way back. Sometimes it is only in your head. Sometimes it is right alongside their beds. (192)

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reflective fast-paced

2.0

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emotional funny inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Every line hits a chord in the nerves. It thrums of life and the way we look at things, especially what was typically seen as taboo and having a negative connotation; it was a matter of one's mindset. It was filled with a plentiful supply of nuggets of wisdom that kindly soften people's hearts, an angle that has always been there but that we often took for granted due to fear and chasing after things that don't really matter. It's a heartwarming and memorable thesis. The lovely part? I finished this book on a fine Tuesday evening.

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