Quotes from Brian Andreas

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.

We lay there and looked up at the night sky and she told me about stars called blue squares and red swirls and I told her I'd never heard of them. Of course not, she said, the really important stuff they never tell you. You have to imagine it on your own.

She said she usually cried at least once each day not because she was sad, but because the world was so beautiful and life was so short.

If you hold on to the handle, she said, it's easier to maintain the illusion of control. But it's more fun if you just let the wind carry you.

Are you a princess? I said & she said I'm much more than a princess, but you don't have a name for it yet here on earth.

There are your fog people & your sun people, he said. I said I wasn't sure which kind I was. He nodded. Fog'll do that to you, he said.

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. and there is nothing more to it than that.

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.

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

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.

Real Reason: There are things you do because they feel right & they may make no sense & they may make no money & it may be the real reason we are here: to love each other & to eat each other's cooking & say it was good.

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 like geography best, he said, because your mountains & rivers know the secret. Pay no attention to boundaries.

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

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

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

Single Mind: If I love you with all my heart, she said, what will you give me? & then she stopped & said I didn't have to answer that because she was going to do it anyway.

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.

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.

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

I used to believe my father about everything but then I had children myself & now I see how much stuff you make up just to keep yourself from going crazy.

Remember to use positive affirmations. I am not a dork is not one of them.

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