Brian Andreas: Quotes about time

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

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

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

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

“I was waiting for the longest time, she said. I thought you forgot.

It is hard to forget, I said, when there is such an empty space when you are gone.”

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

“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.”

“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.”

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

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

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

“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”

“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.”