Quotes from Brian Andreas

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

Anyone can slay a dragon, he told me, but try waking up every morning and loving the world all over again. That's what takes a real hero.

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

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

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.

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.

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

One day, I decided to help wherever I could & it was almost like magic, because I was exactly what the world needed everywhere I went.

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.

There is nothing more I ask of this life than this moment, exactly so. And suddenly forever seems like too short a time.

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 & there is nothing more to it than that.

I am only strong enough for a life of partial virtue.

Empty Spaces:After his father died he carried his life more gently & left an empty space for the birds & other creatures.

I've always like 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.

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

If you're talking to a child, you're going, 'This is the wonder of science and here's why I'm so fascinated by it.'

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.

You're not going to see people like this again for a long time, he said and I said I always saw people like this & he looked at me for a moment and said, You're not from around here, are you?

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

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

I hope someday you see this is all life wants: for you to be your own kind of beautiful & not the kind that makes you forget who you are.

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.

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.

You may not remember the time you let me go first. Or the time you dropped back to tell me it wasn't that far to go. Or the time you waited at the crossroads for me to catch up. You may not remember any of those, but I do and this is what I have to say to you: Today, no matter what it takes, we ride home together.