Brian Andreas: Herring

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

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

“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.”

“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”

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

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

“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.”

“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.”

“Almost Beyond:
She laid on my chest & her breathing filled me almost to beyond what I could hold.”

“She told me once that the year she went to England she painted her buttons yellow so she would remember what the sun felt like.”

“When she played her music even the night demons stopped their work & it took them some time to remember what it was they were doing & the best of them had no stomach for it for a long time after that.”

“she tapped her finger and nothing happened and she thought she had lost her magic, but it had only changed and it took her awhile to figure it out.”

“The World Itself:
When she held out her arms, the world itself wrapped around me & held me tight.”

“Songs to Herself:
She waved at all the people on the trains & later, when she saw they didn't wave back, she started singing songs to herself & it went that way the whole day & she couldn't remember having a better time in her life.”

“Scent:
When she wore the hat, even many years later, she could always smell her mother's perfume & it was hard to remember she was supposed to be alone.”

“finally has figured out there aren't enough quiet little British films around to protect her from the real world”