The Five People You Meet in Heaven (2003) (edit title/settings)

Emi edited the memorable quotes of The Five People You Meet in Heaven Friday, February 22, 2013.

• Edited a quotation: “"Fairness" he said, "doesFairness does not govern life and death. If it did, no good person would ever die young."young.”The Blue Man
• Edited a quotation: “"Strangers", the Blue Man said, "areStrangers are just family you have yet to come to know."know.”The Blue Man
• Edited a quotation: “"No life is a waste," the Blue Man said. "TheThe only time we waste is the time we spend thinking we are alone."alone.”The Blue Man
• Edited a quotation: “"It'sIt's the thinking that gets you killed."killed.”Mickey Shea
• Edited a quotation: “"DepartureDeparture did not seem to be an issue."issue.”Eddie
• Edited a quotation: “"AllAll parents damage their children. It cannot be helped. Youth, like pristine glass, absorbs the prints of its handlers. Some parents smudge, others crack, a few shatter childhoods completely into jagged little pieces, beyond repair."repair.”The Third Person Eddie Meets in Heaven, (p. 109).Eddie
• Edited a quotation: “"HoldingHolding 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."ourselves.”The Third Lesson, (p. 149).Ruby
• Edited a quotation: “"Love,Love, like rain, can nourish from above, drenching couples with a soaking joy. But sometimes, under the angry heat of life, love dries on the surface and must nourish from below, tending to its roots, keeping itself alive."alive.”The Fourth Person Eddie Meets in Heaven, (p. 174).
• Edited a quotation: “"YoungYoung men go to war. Sometimes because they have to, sometimes because they want to. Always, they feel they are supposed to. This comes from the sad, layered stories of life, which over centuries have seen courage confused with picking up arms, and cowardice confused with laying them down."down.”The Second Person Eddie Meets in Heaven, (p. 59).
• Edited a quotation: “"SacrificeSacrifice is a part of life. It's supposed to be. It's not something to regret. It's something to aspire to."to.”The Captain (p. 97)
• Edited a quotation: “"AndAnd in that line now was a whiskered old man, with a linen cap and a crooked nose, who waited in a place called the Stardust Band Shell to share his part of the secret of heaven: that each affects the other and the other affects the next, and the world is full of stories, but the stories are all one."one.”Eddie
• Edited a quotation: “"...... the human spirit knows, deep down, that all lives intersect. That death doesn't just take someone, it misses someone else, and in the small distance between being taken and being missed, llives are changed."changed.”The Blue Man
• Edited a quotation: ““AllAll endings are also beginnings. We just don't know it at the time.”time.”Eddie
• Edited a quotation: “"SacrificeSacrifice is part of life. it's supposed to be. it is not something to forget. it is something to aspire to. little sacrifices. Big sacrifices..... Sometimes when you sacrifice something precious, you're not really losing it. You are just passing it to someone else."else.”Captian
• Edited a quotation: “"ParentsParents 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 stone, beneath the waters of their lives."lives.”
• Edited a quotation: “"Forgive,Forgive, Edward forgive. do you remember the lightness when you first arrived in heaven? That's because no one is born with anger. And when we die, the soul is freed of it. But now, here, in order to move on, you must understand why you felt what you did, and why you no loonger need to feel it."it.”Ruby
• Removed a quotation: “"The only time we waste is the time we spend thinking we are alone."”Blue Man
• Removed a quotation: “"Fairness does not govern life and death. If it did, no good person would ever die young."”

Emi edited the memorable quotes of The Five People You Meet in Heaven Friday, February 22, 2013.

• reordered the memorable quotes.
• Added a quotation: “"Fairness" he said, "does not govern life and death. If it did, no good person would ever die young."”The Blue Man
• Edited a quotation: “Strangers","Strangers", the Blue Man said," aresaid, "are just family you have yet to come to know.know."”Blue Man
• Added a quotation: “"No life is a waste," the Blue Man said. "The only time we waste is the time we spend thinking we are alone."”The Blue Man
• Edited a quotation: “It's"It's the thinking that gets you killed.killed."”Mickey Shea
• Edited a quotation: “Departure"Departure did not seem to be an issue.issue."”Eddie
• Edited a quotation: “All"All parents damage their children. It cannot be helped. Youth, like pristine glass, absorbs the prints of its handlers. Some parents smudge, others crack, a few shatter childhoods completely into jagged little pieces, beyond repair.repair."”The Third Person Eddie Meets in Heaven, (p. 109).
• Edited a quotation: “Holding"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.ourselves."”The Third Lesson, (p. 149).
• Edited a quotation: “Love,"Love, like rain, can nourish from above, drenching couples with a soaking joy. But sometimes, under the angry heat of life, love dries on the surface and must nourish from below, tending to its roots, keeping itself alive.alive."”The Fourth Person Eddie Meets in Heaven, (p. 174).
• Edited a quotation: “Young"Young men go to war. Sometimes because they have to, sometimes because they want to. Always, they feel they are supposed to. This comes from the sad, layered stories of life, which over centuries have seen courage confused with picking up arms, and cowardice confused with laying them down.down."”The Second Person Eddie Meets in Heaven, (p. 59).
• Edited a quotation: “Sacrifice"Sacrifice is a part of life. It's supposed to be. It's not something to regret. It's something to aspire to.to."”The Captain (p. 97)
• Edited a quotation: “And"And in that line now was a whiskered old man, with a linen cap and a crooked nose, who waited in a place called the Stardust Band Shell to share his part of the secret of heaven: that each affects the other and the other affects the next, and the world is full of stories, but the stories are all one.one."”
• Edited a quotation: “Fairness"Fairness does not govern life and death. If it did, no good person would ever die young.young."”
• Edited a quotation: “Sacrifice"Sacrifice is part of life. it's supposed to be. it is not something to forget. it is something to aspire to. little sacrifices. Big sacrifices..... Sometimes when you sacrifice something precious, you're not really losing it. You are just passing it to someone else.else."”Captian
• Edited a quotation: “parents"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 stone, beneath the waters of their lives.lives."”
• Edited a quotation: “Forgive,"Forgive, Edward forgive. do you remember the lightness when you first arrived in heaven? That's because no one is born with anger. And when we die, the soul is freed of it. But now, here, in order to move on, you must understand why you felt what you did, and why you no loonger need to feel it.it."”Ruby
• Removed a quotation: “learn this from me. Holding anger is 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.”Ruby
• Removed a quotation: “All parents damage their children. it can not be helped. youth luike pristine glass, absorbs the prints of its handlers. some parents smudge, others crack, a few shatter childhoos completely into jagged little pieces, beyond repair.”

Rabz S edited the memorable quotes of The Five People You Meet in Heaven Tuesday, January 29, 2013.

• Added a quotation: “learn this from me. Holding anger is 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.”Ruby
• Added a quotation: “Forgive, Edward forgive. do you remember the lightness when you first arrived in heaven? That's because no one is born with anger. And when we die, the soul is freed of it. But now, here, in order to move on, you must understand why you felt what you did, and why you no loonger need to feel it.”Ruby

Rabz S edited the memorable quotes of The Five People You Meet in Heaven Tuesday, January 29, 2013.

• Added a quotation: “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 stone, beneath the waters of their lives.”

Rabz S edited the memorable quotes of The Five People You Meet in Heaven Tuesday, January 29, 2013.

• Added a quotation: “All parents damage their children. it can not be helped. youth luike pristine glass, absorbs the prints of its handlers. some parents smudge, others crack, a few shatter childhoos completely into jagged little pieces, beyond repair.”

Rabz S edited the memorable quotes of The Five People You Meet in Heaven Tuesday, January 29, 2013.

• Added a quotation: “Sacrifice is part of life. it's supposed to be. it is not something to forget. it is something to aspire to. little sacrifices. Big sacrifices..... Sometimes when you sacrifice something precious, you're not really losing it. You are just passing it to someone else.”Captian

Melanie edited the memorable quotes of The Five People You Meet in Heaven Wednesday, October 12, 2011.

• Added a quotation: ““All endings are also beginnings. We just don't know it at the time.””
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Deborah W edited the memorable quotes of The Five People You Meet in Heaven Tuesday, September 20, 2011.

• Added a quotation: “Fairness does not govern life and death. If it did, no good person would ever die young.”

Breanne edited the memorable quotes of The Five People You Meet in Heaven Sunday, July 10, 2011.

• reordered the memorable quotes.
• Edited a quotation: “All parents damage their children. It cannot be helped. Youth, like pristine glass, absorbs the prints of its handlers. Some parents smudge, others crack, a few shatter childhoods completely into jagged little pieces, beyond repair.”The Third Person Eddie Meets in Heaven, (p. 109).
• Edited a quotation: “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. Page 149ourselves.”The Third Lesson, (p. 149).
• Edited a quotation: “Love, like rain, can nourish from above, drenching couples with a soaking joy. But sometimes, under the angry heat of life, love dries on the surface and must nourish from below, tending to its roots, keeping itself alivealive.”The Fourth Person Eddie Meets in Heaven, (p. 174).
• Edited a quotation: “Young men go to war. Sometimes because they have to, sometimes because they want to. AlwaysAlways, they feel they are supposed to. This comes from the sad, layered stories of life, which over centuries have seen courage confused with picking up arms, and cowardice confused with laying them downdown.”The Second Person Eddie Meets in Heaven, (p. 59).
• Edited a quotation: “Sacrifice is a part of life. It's supposed to be. It's not something to regret. It's something to aspire toto.”The CaptainCaptain (p. 97)

Kathy M edited the memorable quotes of The Five People You Meet in Heaven Wednesday, September 22, 2010.

• Edited a quotation: “"... the human spirit knows, deep down, that all lives intersect. That death doesn't just take someone, it misses someone else, and in the small distance between being taken and being missed, llives are changed."”TheBlue Man