The Five People You Meet in Heaven

by

Mitch Albom

“Amy or Annie” Character Analysis

A little girl whom Eddie has spoken to a few times at Ruby Pier, and who calls him “Eddie Maint’nance.” Eddie dies saving this little girl, whose name he can’t remember. When he sees her under the collapsing ride, he runs to push her out of the way. All through heaven, Eddie asks everyone if he succeeding in saving her. After Eddie’s journey through heaven, he waits in heaven to become one of the five people who will one day teach “Amy or Annie” a lesson about her life.

“Amy or Annie” Quotes in The Five People You Meet in Heaven

The The Five People You Meet in Heaven quotes below are all either spoken by “Amy or Annie” or refer to “Amy or Annie”. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
Redemption and Forgiveness Theme Icon
).
Chapter 36 (Epilogue) Quotes

And in that line now was a whiskered old man (…) 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.

Related Characters: Narrator (speaker), Eddie, “Amy or Annie”
Page Number: 196
Explanation and Analysis:
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“Amy or Annie” Quotes in The Five People You Meet in Heaven

The The Five People You Meet in Heaven quotes below are all either spoken by “Amy or Annie” or refer to “Amy or Annie”. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
Redemption and Forgiveness Theme Icon
).
Chapter 36 (Epilogue) Quotes

And in that line now was a whiskered old man (…) 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.

Related Characters: Narrator (speaker), Eddie, “Amy or Annie”
Page Number: 196
Explanation and Analysis: