Brian Andreas Quotes

“I saw them standing there pretending to be just friends, when all the time in the world could not pry them apart.”

“Your job is to focus on my personal happiness, she said, & I've got big plans, so break time is over.”

“You're the strangest person I ever met, she said & I said you too & we decided we'd know each other a long time.”

“There are days I drop words of comfort on myself like falling leaves and remember that it is enough to be taken care of by my self.”

“Everything changed the day she figured out there was exactly enough time for the important things in her life.”

“For a long time she flew, only when she thought no one else was watching.”

“The Wonder of it All:
Sitting there in your pajamas & all the time in the world & if I could keep any moment it would be this: watching you & holding my breath with the wonder of it all.”

“The first time her laughter unfurled its wings in the wind, we knew that the world would never be the same”

“He loved her for almost everything she was & she decided that was enough to let him stay for a very long time.”

“If you're right & I'm not, I'm going to be hell to live with, she said. So, you better think about that next time you want to be right.”

“She said she usually cried at least once each day not because she was sad, but because the world was so beautiful & life was so short.”

“Living Memory
I carry you with me into the world,
into the smell of rain
& the words that dance between people
& for me, it will always be this way,
walking in the light,
remembering being alive together”

“Invention:
I always wanted to invent something that would move around & make funny noises & would change the world as we know it & I forgot all about that until we had kids & now I see I came pretty close.”

“They came to sit & dangle their feet off the edge of the world & after awhile they forgot everything but the good & true things they would do someday.”

“We sat in the car
& the night dropped
down until the
only sounds were
the crickets &
the dance of our voices

& for a moment
the world became
small enough to
roll back & forth
between us.”

“Wanting him to come back before anyone notices part of the world has not moved since he left.”

“She left pieces of her life behind her everywhere she went. It's easier to feel the sunlight without them, she said.”

“Most people don't know there are angels whose only job is to make sure you don't get too comfortable & fall asleep & miss your life.”

“Time stands still best in moments that look suspiciously like ordinary life.”

“I don't really like coffee, she said, but I don't really like it when my head hits my desk when I fall asleep either.”

“I sometimes wake in the early morning & listen to the soft breathing of my child & I think to myself, this is one thing I will never regret & I carry that quiet with me all day long.”

“Making Room:
When I first met him, I knew in a moment I would have to spend the next few days re-arranging my mind so there'd be room for him to stay.”

“I've always liked the time before dawn because there's no one around to remind me who I'm supposed to be so it's easier to remember who I am.”

“I held her close for only a short time, but after she was gone, I'd see her smile on the face of a perfect stranger and I knew she would be there with me all the rest of my days.”

“Don't you hear it? She asked & I shook my head no & then she started to dance & suddenly there was music everywhere & it went on for a very long time & when I finally found words all I could say was thank you.”

“There was a single blue line of crayon drawn across every wall in the house. What does it mean? I asked. A pirate needs the sight of the sea, he said and then he pulled his eye patch down and turned and sailed away.”

“I'm not sure if there's one right place I'm supposed to be, he said, but I know a couple of wrong places I'd give a second try in a heartbeat.”

“In the end, I think that I will like that we were sitting on the bed, talking & wondering where the time had gone.”

“There are lives I can imagine without children but none of them have the same laughter & noise.”

“if there is any secret to this life i live, this is it: the sound of what cannot be seen sings within everything that can. and there is nothing more to it than that.”

“Is willing to accept that she creates her own reality except for some of the parts where she can't help but wonder what the hell she was thinking”

“There are your fog people & your sun people, he said. I said I wasn't sure which kind I was. He nodded. Fog'll do that to you, he said.”

“Are you a princess? I said & she said I'm much more than a princess, but you don't have a name for it yet here on earth.”

“A few said they'd be horses. Most said they'd be some sort of cat. My friend said she'd like to come back as a porcupine. I don't like crowds, she said.”

“In those days, we finally chose to walk like giants and hold the world in arms grown strong with love
And there may be many things we forget in the days to come,

But this will not be one of them.”

“Single Mind:
If I love you with all my heart, she said, what will you give me? & then she stopped & said I didn't have to answer that because she was going to do it anyway.”

“I've read a lot of books, so I know bunches of stuff that sounds like it could be true.”

“I spent a long time trying to find my center until I looked closely at it one night & found it had wheels and moved easily in the slightest breeze. So now I spend less time sitting and more time sailing.”

“In my dream, the angel shrugged and said, if we fail this time, it will be a failure of imagination

and then she placed the world gently in the palm of my hand.”

“This is a giant block of whatever is most difficult for you to carry & trust me on this, you'll carry it more times than you can count until you decide that's exactly what you want to do most & then it won't weigh a thing anymore”

“I used to believe my father about everything but then I had children myself & now I see how much stuff you make up just to keep yourself from going crazy.”

“Remember to use positive affirmations. I am not a dork is not one of them.”

“The clock is a conspiracy & a crime against humanity
and I would not own one
except I miss appointments without it.”

“Falling into Place:
deciding everything is falling into place perfectly as long as you don't get too picky about what you mean by place. Or perfectly.”

“Favorite Places:
I'm not that good at being a tourist because I'm always looking at the way the light shines in your hair or the way your dress opens to the wind & my favorite places in the world are places filled with you.”

“I didn't listen to her because she was my mother & wouldn't know anything until I was much older.”

“Thousand Moments:
I still remember the day the world took you back & there was never time to thank you for the thousand scattered moments you left behind to watch us while we slept.”

“One of Us:
Someday, the light will shine like a sun through my skin & they will say, What have you done with your life? & though there are many moments I think I will remember, in the end, I will be proud to say, I was one of us.”

“What I'm mostly good at is sleeping, he once told me in confidence, but he added, I don't see much future in it.”

“I like geography best, he said, because your mountains & rivers know the secret. Pay no attention to boundaries.”

“feels like some kind of ride but it's turning out just
to be life going absolutely perfectly”

“Trapped mainly by wanting things to be exactly as they are, only better”

“I think my life would be easier, she said,
if I could just get my selves to agree on something.”

“She learned to love him before he thought it was even possible, so he didn't have a chance to hide & mess it up & while it was a little scary at times, mainly he could not even imagine the world without her there.”

“I have a renewed commitment to elegance, she said, in case you think I'm just spending money for the fun of it.”

“Quiet Pride:
There has never been a day when I have not been proud of you, I said to my daughter, though some days I'm louder about other stuff so it's easy to miss that.”

“Partners:
Tied together by stuff too difficult to explain to someone new”

“When I first discovered the moon, he said, I gave it a different name. But everyone kept calling it the moon. The real name never caught on.”

“Start here & go until you die, he said. What's so complicated about that?”

“Smaller World:
I know he's not really gone, she said, but the world still feels smaller to me today.”

“Life Plan:
I asked her what she planned to do with her life & she said she was way beyond that point already. I'm just happy I remember to be there when it happens, she said.”

“Waiting for the pen to dry up so he can start fresh with thoughts that are worth new ink.”

“there are things you do because they feel right and they may make no sense and they may make no money and it may be the real reason we are here: to love each other and to eat each other's cooking and say it was good.”

“Side by Side:
We sat side by side in the morning light & looked out at the future together.”

“Quiet Spaces
We had gone far enough together to listen easily in the quiet spaces.”

“If you were smart, you'd probably spend more time stretching, he said & I said, If I were really smart, I'd probably spend more time just sitting in the shade drinking lemonade.”