Brian Andreas: Likeness

“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'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.”

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

“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.”

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

“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.”

“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”

“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.”

“Why do they treat us like children? they said & I said why do you treat them like adults?
& their eyes opened wide & they began to laugh & talk all at once & suddenly everything looked possible again.”

“even after all these winters, I see you sitting there, perched at the edge of sunlight, feeling like the invitation of spring”