“I shot you, all right," he said, "and you lost something, but you gained something as well. You just don't know it yet. I gained something, too."

What?"

I got to keep my promise. I didn't leave you behind.”

—  Mitch Albom, book The Five People You Meet in Heaven

Source: The Five People You Meet in Heaven

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