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Tuesdays with Morrie
In-Class Essay “Love is how you stay alive” (Albom 133). This was a quote in Tuesdays with Morrie. It was one of many that I made connections with people in my own life. People that I have looked up to for wisdom and relief that everything is going to be okay. Morrie was a man with good morals, and he believed that people need to devote themselves to their community and their self in order to have a meaning of life. Throughout the book, I believed the theme was about knowing what is important and learn to love one another. My grandpa Abbas, I would choose to spend fourteen Tuesdays with. This man was filled with wisdom and knowledge. Just like Morrie, he had good morals about life and cared so much about his family. My

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