Brian Andreas: Quotes about the world

“Anyone can slay a dragon… but try waking up every morning and loving the world all over again. That's what takes a real hero.”

“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.”

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

“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.”

“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.”

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

“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”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

“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.”

“The Whole World:
My favorite thing
is being your lap
while we sit there
together & love
the whole world.”

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

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