# Quote — Mitch Albom, The Five People You Meet in Heaven

> Parents rarely let go of their children, so children let go of them. They move on. They move away. The moments that used to define them - a mother's approval, a father's nod - are covered by moments of their own accomplishments. It is not until much later, as the skin sags and the heart weakens, that children understand; their stories, and all their accomplishments, sit atop the stories of their mothers and fathers, stones upon stones, beneath the waters of their lives.

- Author: [Mitch Albom](https://www.leafyquotes.com/mitch-albom.md)
- Book: [The Five People You Meet in Heaven](https://www.leafyquotes.com/mitch-albom/the-five-people-you-meet-in-heaven.md)
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/mitch-albom/the-five-people-you-meet-in-heaven/parents-rarely-let

## More from this book

> Sometimes when you sacrifice something precious, you're not really losing it. You're just passing it on to somebody else.

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

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/mitch-albom/the-five-people-you-meet-in-heaven/no-life-is-a-waste.md)

> "One withers, another grows."

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